Accuri C6 Flow Cytometer

Flow cytometry is a fluorescence-based technique in which cells in solution are passed through a laser beam and the fluorescence and light scattering characteristics of cells are measured. The BD Accuri C6 is equipped with (i) two lasers which will allow for blue (488 nm) and red (633 nm) excitation, (ii) two light scatter detectors (forward & side scatter) and (iii) four fluorescence detectors (3 blue: 533 nm, 585 nm, 670 nm; 1 red: 675 nm). Two unique features are: (i) non-pressurized fluidics system for continuous monitoring; (ii) 7 decades of dynamic range (16 million channels of digital data). This large range eliminates the need for adjustable gain settings, reducing setup time and consumption of sheath fluid and sample volume.