(thing) by Serpentine Fri Dec 29 2000 at 2:39:14

Affectionately known as a FACS. A suspension of cells falls down an exceedingly narrow glass tube in single file and spaced out...

  1. the cell falling past the detector (read: CCD) at any given moment is interrogated for the presence/absence of a fluorescent tag
  2. the liquid flow is electrostatically directed to one of two receptacles as appropriate
  3. lather, rinse, repeat
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