
lasted updated by MW on 11/10/2017
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BD FACSJazz Users Guide
Satchmo
Stanford Shared FACS Facility
PPE must be worn at all times in our BSL-2 environment
*Lab coat, gloves, and closed toed shoes are mandatory; respirator and goggles are available*
An Instrument Configuration is located on the website in the
Instrument Overview area
*The configuration lists the lasers and filters for each machine*
All samples must be in POLYPROPYLENE round bottom tubes.
What samples do I need to bring?
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All users
ALWAYS
need to bring single stained compensation controls
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If you have a 4 color panel you should bring: 5 compensation controls
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One tube stained with each individual antibody
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One unstained tube
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No PI or viability dye in the single color controls
Don’t have enough cells for compensation?
User can purchase compensation beads from many different suppliers
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eBioscience UltraComp Beads 01-2222-42
(for panels including UV and Violet dyes)
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eBioscience OneComp Beads 01-1111-42
(for panels that do NOT include any UV or Violet dyes)
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BD CompBeads 552845 ‘Anti-Rat/Hamster’
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BD CompBeads 552843 ‘Anti-Mouse’
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ThermoFisher Amine Reactive Compensation Beads A10628
(for LIVE/DEAD Fixable stains)