Welcome to the IUB Flow Cytometry Core Facility

The IU Bloomington Flow Cytometry Core Facility (FCCF) offers flow cytometry analysis and cell sorting services. It houses the FACS Aria II 5-laser, 14-color sorter, the SH800 2-laser, 6-color user-run cell sorter, the COPAS Select, a Drosophila embryo and large particle sorter, the CytoFLEX LX, a 4-laser, 15-color analyzer, the MACSQuant VYB 3-laser, 8-color analyzer with 96-well plate option, as well as the Moxi Z cell counter technology used for determining cell concentration and size distribution. The facility will also be adding a Miltenyi QuadroMACS separator. Services include technician assisted sorting, as well as training for analyzers, SH800 and Moxi instruments. Help with experimental design is also available. The facility has dongles for FlowJo software and a site license for FCS Express. For more information and for any questions, please contact the facility.

Announcements

October 5, 2024 - IUB FCCF participates in Science Fest

September 12-14, 2024 - GLIIFCA/ORVCA meeting

September 2, 2024 - Facility closed - Labor Day

August 28, 2024 - Indy Flow Users Group meeting (virtual)

August 5-9, 2024 - Facility after hours use only

July 4, 2024 - Facility closed - Independence Day holiday

June 19, 2024 - Facility closed - Juneteenth holiday

May 27, 2024 - Facility closed - Memorial Day holiday

May 22, 2024 - Indy Flow Users Group meeting (virtual)

April 21-24, 2024 - 2024 ABRF Meeting, Minneapolis, MN

April 8, 2024 - Facility closed for Eclipse day!

February 28, 2024 - Indy Flow Users Group meeting (virtual)

February 8, 2024 - IU-B Flow Facility Core x Miltenyi Biotec Coffee Chat

January 15, 2024 - facility closed for Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday

December 18, 2023 - January 2, 2024 - Facility closed - Winter holidays

November 22-24, 2023 - Facility closed - Thanksgiving holidays

November 15, 2023 - Indy Flow Users Group meeting (virtual)

September 21 - October 4, 2023, 2023 - Facility after-hours use only

The "Mercury" (MACSQuant VYB) featured @IUBiology and @TuliLab: https://twitter.com/IUBiology/status/878279482011918336, https://twitter.com/TuliLab/status/878267877509533696

>> ABRF article about acknowledgment of core facilities in publications: https://www.abrf.org/authorship-guidelines

>> The IUB FCCF is a CTSI designated core - this means that researchers may apply for funds that can be used to perform research with facility equipment. More information about funding opportunities can be found at https://www.indianactsi.org/ - go to "Grants and Funding"
>> We're on Twitter - find us at @iubfccf (log in required)

Advisory Committee

Roger Innes, Ph.D. (Biology) - Interim Director, Chair
Christiane Hassel, M.S. (Biology) - Manager
Thom Kaufman, Ph.D. (Biology)
Ken Nephew, Ph.D (Med Sci)
Heather O'Hagan, Ph.D. (Med Sci)
Diego Ogando, Ph.D (Optometry)