CMtO Resources

Useful Pages/Links for Flow Users

Training Documents for New Users:

• Training Sheet Documents for New Users
• CMtO User Registration Form
• Flow User Terms and Declaration
• Sort Form

Informative sites for flow users:

• CMtO Dictionary – familiarize yourself with the terms before training or as a refresher. 
• BD Fluorescence Spectra Viewer – very helpful tool to check the spillover between fluorophores
• Life Technologies Fluorescence Spectra Viewer
• Current Protocols in Cytometry
• ATCC – American Type Culture Collection
• University of Illinois, Chicago, RRC, Flow Cytometry Lab [Balaji Ganesh]
• Purdue University Cytometry Laboratories [J.Paul Robinson]
• BioLegend Expression of Common Surface Molecules on Blood Cells

Online Books

Multicolor Panel Selector

• BD Biosciences
• Miltenyi Biotec
• BioLegend

FCS Express Resources

• Homepage -You will be able to navigate anywhere, use the global search, and also find information about upcoming and previously recorded webinars. 
• Demo Download – 30 days free access to fully-loaded FCS Express 6 Plus on Mac or PC 
• Support tab – we are only a call or email away
• Webinars
• What’s New and Getting Started in Flow 
• Data Transformations – R, tSNE, SPADE
• Compatibility check
• Multicycle plugin – cell cycle analysis
• Tutorials and Sample Data

Training Opportunities

Learn about the principles of flow cytometry
BDBiosciences online training
Invitrogen theorectical tutorial

Explore data analysis
Invitrogen data analysis tutorial

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