#flow cytometry

[deaughh]

Wait just saw your post mentioning flow cytometry, do you like FACS

well,

I take FACs as cell separation- sorting cell populations, and flow as the actual analysis- just counting w/o sorting.

I used to sort cells with magnetic beads rather than fluorescent activated cell sorting

But yeah, I like it all

[crustaceansingles]

having a Spiritual Experience learning about flow cytometry and getting to this hermetic diagram

PS if you know how to get access to a flow cytometer please tell me because I am going to need to compare chromosome counts in botanical samples in the next year.

[fleshwizard]

science doodles done at the lab during reunions

tertiary lymphoid structures

flow cytometry

leucocytes (back of the sketchbook)

neuroendocrine carcinoma

psoriasis

cellular leiomyoma

[thephdmedic]

book club and then to the library! emotional and motivational support while writing papers is a necessity at this point

[redrosebug]

If anyone knows anything about flow cytometry, hit me up because I understand absolutely nothing,and I have a test tomorrow. 🙃🙃

[bpod-bpod]

Spotlight on Microglia

The brain’s microglial cells wear many hats, from supporting neurons and fighting against microbes to clearing away debris and dead neurons. For many years, we thought that all microglia perform these different roles. However, scientists have recently shown that there are in fact two types of microglia. Using imaging flow cytometry to study microglia in animal brains (example cells shown here in each column), they found that 70% of microglia were ‘autofluorescence-positive’ (middle columns), meaning they absorbed light and emitted certain colours. The remaining 30% didn’t emit any light (left and right columns). Digging deeper, the team found that compared to autofluorescence-negative microglia, autofluorescence-positive microglia contained more proteins that help store and clear cell waste. These microglia could hold the key to new therapies that prevent the accumulation of cellular waste, which is known to lead to diseases of the brain as we age.

Written by Gaëlle Coulllon

Image adapted from work by Jeremy Carlos Burns and colleagues

Multiple Sclerosis & Neurorepair Research Unit, Biogen, Cambridge, MA, USA

Image originally published with a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Published in eLife, June 2020

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[writerworks]

The flow cytometry lab, we stained for CD4 and CD8 cells... will post results later. Also i made a flow chart of the procedure and ATTEMPTED to make straight boxes.... and they ended as straight as my sexuality.... yes bad jokes bad day 57/100 days of productivity 2.5.2020

[biolegend]

Quick guide to designing multicolor panels

Learn more about multicolor flow panel design in our latest blog: http://bit.ly/2Btxpxv 

Comic by Pedromics.