Acquisition of a Becton Dickinson FACSymphony A5 Analyzer and FACSymphony S6 sorter

Description

Acquisition of a Becton Dickinson FACSymphony A5 Analyzer and FACSymphony S6 sorter by Flow Cytometry and Single cell Analysis facility, Department of Immunology and Microbiology. We are planning to buy a BD FACSymphony S6 sorter as replacement of a 12 year old BD ARIA-II sorter owned by the department and used to service more than 100 independent users. Lot 1: We are planning to buy a BD FACSymphony S6 sorter as replacement of a 12 year old BD ARIA-II sorter owned by the department and used to service more than 100 independent users. The key - and therefore unique - factor is the patented cascadecagon Longpass/Bandpass filter setup of the S6 were the instrument stays flexible due to the ability to manually change, in user applicable fashion, the light cutting elements. This will enable the department to continue to operate classical Flow Cytometry as required for a larger set of protocols coming from the, to be replaced, ARIA-II setup, while retaining the ability to advance the technology with the maturation of spectral capabilities in parallel. We will also buy a BD FACSymphony A5 Analyzer, since we need a 1:1 identical instrument where Flow Cytometry and cell sorting can be done with identical protocols. The A5 analyzer are equipped with the same cascadecagon as the S6 sorter.