Antibodies 101: Introduction to Gating in Flow Cytometry
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April 4, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
...detects the light scattered by that cell at a low angle (FSC) or large angle (SSC) (Figure 1). FSC values ...colleagues.
Figure 1: The laser pulse illuminates the cell and is scattered forward at a low angle... you with two measurements: forward scatter (FSC) and side scatter (SSC). To acquire these measurements...exclude all duplicate events (two cells stuck together) from your single cells, as duplicates can’t be reliably...types of scattering that occur when a cell is pulsed by the laser. Within each type of scattering, you also...to keep it short though, promise!
FSC and SSC: scattering
To digitally extract your cells based on their...passes through the laser beam and causes it to scatter (FSC/SSC), the detected photons can be represented...