Antibodies 101: Flow Cytometry
Type
Blog Post
Published
July 20, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
...visible light scatter
The optical system has both visible and fluorescent light sources. Visible light illuminates...addition to visible light, flow cytometers can have a variety of fluorescent light sources. When interrogated... number based on intensity. Higher intensity events are assigned to higher channels. In a typical assay...experiment. Single-stained samples must be as bright or brighter than any experimental sample. In addition...interrogated with various visible and fluorescent light sources that allow users to assess a cell’s size...and provides useful information about the cell. Light that continues in the same direction as it was initially...size of the cell; larger cells produce more FSC. Light that scatters sideways to the path that it was initially...