Re: sources for FACS Vantage optical configurations

From: Barry Grimes (bagrim1@uky.edu)
Date: Fri Jul 26 2002 - 10:08:24 EST


At 1:33 PM +0200 7/24/02, AlexSchmitz wrote:
>Dear Flowers,
>
>I recently started a small FACS facility from scratch with a FACS
>Vantage SE eqipped with a 488-EnterpriseII (with outsplitted UV), and a
>Coherent Spectrum Laser (and the 3-way beam splitter).
>This means many possible combinations of fluorochromes and optical
>configurations that can be used beside the 1-laser 3-color standard setup.
>
>Are there any sources, where to look for useful fluorochrome/ filter
>combinations (especially for this Vantage setup) beside digging through
>all primary publications ? ... something like optical worksheets would
>be probably very helpful to rethink the working setups.
>
>Many thanks
>
>Alexander Schmitz
>FACS-facility, Aarhus University

Alexander,
There is a nice section in the old 2000 BD Biosciences Products
Catalog (p.160-169) that displays block/filter/color/laser
configurations for a Vantage SE. Unfortunately, the 2002 catalog does
not appear to have this info but perhaps someone with BD can help you
locate one?
barryg
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Barry Grimes
FACS Laboratory Manager
University of Kentucky Medical Center
Blood and Marrow Transplant
Rm.cc418 Markey Cancer Center
800 Rose St, Lexington,KY 40536-0093
lab) 859-323-8193
fax) 859-257-7715
e-mail) bagrim1@uky.edu



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