Flow Cytometry
 
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Core documents
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Further Reading
Further Reading

Useful papers and technical documents that everyone should read:

  Nature Immunology
Volume 7 Number 7 July 2006, p681-685 "Interpreting flow cytometry data: a guide for the perplexed."
L.A. Herzenberg et al
 

BD Application note
Multicolor Application note " or go to www.bdbiosciences.com and click on "research applications>Multicolor Flow Cytometry>tools"
BD Technical Resources has a list of protocols and other useful tools
BD Webinars are an ongoing series of online seminars on various topics

  “Flow Cytometry Controls, Instrument Setup, and the Determination of Positivity”, H.T. Maecker and J. Trotter, Cytometry Part A 69A:1037-1042 (2006) (You need an account for online access. There is a copy posted on the flow bulletin board in Room 5233).
  Minimum information for Flow Cytometry Data publication or go to the ISAC main page and select "Standards" and then "Current Standards"
  Using BD Compbeads
  Alternative to trypsin for adherent cells: The original thread mentioning the product on the Purdue list, they are now carried by CellSeed Inc Labware
  Quality Assurance for polychromatic flow cytometry (Steve Perfetto)
  A discussion of MFI
  PUCL index to advanced methodologies links to documents dealing with apoptosis, cell death, proliferation, immunophenotyping, and many more topics of advanced flow cytometry.
     
Purdue List Summaries
Purdue University maintains a message board for flow cytometry, and there are several good threads that have been collected and can be found here
  Summaries of popular flow topics
  Ways to minimize cell loss during washing
  Fixation to inactivate HIV (we ask you to use 2% fresh PFA for 2 hours). Please note the first article referenced, which shows that 1% PFA is INSUFFICIENT to fully inactivate HIV.
  Sorting of live human lymphocytes
   
Flow Cytometry Books
Purdue University listing
Practical Flow Cytometry, 4th edition

Flow Cytometry Data Analysis: Basic Concepts and Statistics, James Watson

   
Tissue Dissociation
Tissuedissociation.com
Miltenyi Biotec gentleMACS
   
Cell Cycle and Apoptosis
Invitrogen dyes for cell cycle and apoptosis
NCIFCRF apoptosis
   
  Last updated 9/12/11