Flow Cytometry

Flow cytometry platforms utilize a sophisticated array of lasers, optics, fluidics and electronic detectors to measure light scatter and/or fluorescence emission from cells, running them one at a time through a laser to quantitate physical properties of the cells, including cell size, granularity, and the amounts of target proteins. As cells pass through a laser, they absorb its light and then emit a specific color signal based on targeted fluorochromes, to determine the amount of each type of cell in the sample, or the amount of target expressed by the individual cells.

Flow cytometry allows for accurate and precise analyses of cell surface and intracellular molecules to better characterize and define cell types in a mixed or purified sample. It enables the high throughput, automated quantification of properties which include each particle’s relative size, granularity, internal complexity, and fluorescence intensity.