Antibodies 101: Conventional vs Spectral Flow Cytometry
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Compensation/reference control(s)
Compensation or “reference” controls are samples stained...spectral flow cytometry are more alike than they are different, there are a few aspects in which spectral flow...complex mathematical algorithm and single stained reference controls to distinguish one fluorophore from another...
Figure 3: Similarity index across 12 different colors on a three laser spectral flow cytometer...conventional or spectral flow. In spectral flow, reference controls tell the software to look for that exact...is not the same as your single color control.
Reference controls: Beads or cells?
Compensation beads are...new panel on a spectral cytometer, you prepare reference controls of both beads and cells for a single ...