Cytometry Facility

Getting Started

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Overview of Services

Cytometry can rapidly provide quantitative information regarding a wide variety of cellular properties, including DNA content; expression of surface, cytoplasmic, and nuclear antigens; receptor-ligand interactions; chromosome analysis; phagocytosis; target-effector cell binding; ion fluxes; expression of genes or gene products; and various light scattering properties. Thus, flow cytometry is extremely useful for a broad range of basic research projects as well as clinical monitoring studies.

The mission of the UPCI Cytometry Facility (CF) is to:

• Train investigators, their students and staff to use analytical cytometry to its fullest advantage in their research;
  • Basic and advanced training in the use of all facility cytometers is offered continuously.
  • Facility is available to trained users 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
  • High speed workstations are equipped with a selection of cytometry analysis programs.
• Provide high quality cell separation by fluorescence activated cell sorting (FACS);
  • Facility is operated as a BSL-2+ facility.
  • Can sort live human cells and cells transfected with retroviral constructs.
• Consult on experimental design, analysis and assay development, which is available to UPCI investigators without charge.

Leadership

Tullia Bruno, PhD
Director, Cytometry Facility
Phone: 412-623-1780
Email: tbruno@pitt.edu

Location and hours of operation

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