The BD LSRFortessa 1 cell analyzer is a benchtop digital flow cytometer equipped with a fixed-alignment flow cell that is gel-coupled to the collection optics. It has three spatially separated lasers - 405 nm, 488 nm and 640 nm. Its primary function is to characterize complex populations of cells. Individual cells pass single file through a stream, which is interrogated by the three lasers with the emitted light being detected by photomultiplier (PMT) tubes. The system electronics calculates the time it takes a single cell to pass through each laser intercept and assigns the signal of each PMT to the appropriate cell. Besides fluorescence, the physical properties of the cell are also analyzed with side scatter (SSC), which reflects the internal complexity of a cell and forward scatter (FSC), which is roughly proportional to cell size. The sample flow rate can be set to low, medium and high values, which correspond approximately to 12, 35 and 60 μl/minute, respectively.

• Three lasers - violet (405 nm), blue (488 nm) and red (640 nm)
• Multicolor analysis of up to 10 parameters

If you need a high-throughput sampler, check the BD LSRFortessa 2 instead.
If you need multicolor analysis of up to 13 or 16 parameters, check the BD LSRFortessa 2 or the BD LSRFortessa X-20.
If you only need to analyse 4 parameters, check also the BD Accuri C6 Plus.

• BD LSRFortessa Operation
• BD LSRFortessa Troubleshooting
• BD LSRFortessa Cleaning
• BD LSRFortessa Starting up Cleaning for the first user of the day, on weekends and out of staff working hours

Available 7 days a week, 24 hours a day for trained researchers.

Please check the User Guidelines for detailed information.

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