FACS Core facility : technology platform for next-generation cytometry (FACS) KU Leuven
Flow cytometry is a technique which has revolutionized cell-based scientific disciplines, including immunology, cancer and stem cell biology. The essence of flow cytometry is the ability to take a large mixed population of cells, narrow them down to a fluid stream that is only a single cell in diameter, and then read multiple parameters from that cell. This process allows us to distinguish different cell types apart from each other and to create pure populations for functional analysis. Flow cytometry is therefore both a critical technology in its own right, and also a gateway technology ...