Flow Cytometry

Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorter (FACS)

Our florescence activated cell sorter (FACS) is a BD Special Order based on the Aria platform. It has a very versatile set-up and is capable of 4-way sorting of cells, viruses and other small organisms based on scatter and fluorophore detection gates.

  • 8 colour cell sorter 
  • Temperature controlled sort collection chamber (4 - 42°C) that can accommodate Eppendorf tubes to 384 well plates
  • Blue (488nm) and Red (633nm) lasers
  • Four nozzle sizes (70, 85, 100 and 130 μm)


Have a look at these reference manuals for details about this instrument:

BD FACS Aria equipment manual

BD FACS DIVA software manual