
Welcome to the Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorting (FACS) Facility website.
FACS equipment
BD Jazz
- Data acquisition and cell sorting capabilities (2 tubes, 24, 36,...96-well plates, slides)
- Lasers: 488 nm (blue), 640 nm (red)
- Band pass filters
- Blue laser: 530/30 nm (FITC), 585/29 nm (PE or PI), 692/40 nm (PerCP), 750/LP (PE-Cy7)
- Red laser: 670/30 nm (APC), 750/LP (APC-Cy7)
- Software: BDsortware for acquisition, FloJo for analysis
- Data acquisition only
- Lasers: 488 nm (Blue), 640 nm (Red)
- Band pass filters: 525/30 nm, 583/26 nm, 690/50 nm, 660/19 nm, 785/70 nm
- Research tools and Instruments grant (biosafety cabinet)
Millipore Guava
Funding
Funding for the FACS Facility was initially faciliated through a Tier I Canada Research Chair (to ) and provided by the following National and B.C. agencies, and units at SFU:
Location of Facility
The facility is situated in the TASC2 building, room 8130 ().
Useful FACS Resources