This proposal aims to establish a regional flow cytometry facility, featuring the latest technology in two separate complementary machines, one an analyser the other a cell sorter. This new infrastructure will replace a nearly decade-old analyser and provide first-time access in this regional centre to modern cell sorting capabilities. There are in excess of 100 researchers working across fields spanning from basic cell and molecular biology to algal toxicology and ecology who have urgent need for access to this facility. Funding of the requested facility will provide (i) urgently needed replacement of aging infrastructure, and (ii) this region with new capabilities that will lead to substantial research advances across many diverse fields.
This proposal aims to establish a regional flow cytometry facility, featuring the latest technology in two separate complementary machines, one an analyser the other a cell sorter. This new infrastructure will replace a nearly decade-old analyser and provide first-time access in this regional centre to modern cell sorting capabilities. There are in excess of 100 researchers working across fields spanning from basic cell and molecular biology to algal toxicology and ecology who have urgent need for access to this facility. Funding of the requested facility will provide (i) urgently needed replacement of aging infrastructure, and (ii) this region with new capabilities that will lead to substantial research advances across many diverse fields.