Project Grant R44GM126848

The West Virginia University Research Corporation was awarded a $777,000 Project Grant from the National Institutes of Health Office of the Director to support the purchase of a Cytek 3-laser Aurora analytical flow cytometer. The flow cytometer will be operated by the West Virginia University Flow Cytometry & Single Cell Core Facility to support biomedical research projects funded by NIH grants across multiple programs. High usage of the facility's existing analytical cytometer has led to...

The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) awarded a $243,119 Project Grant under the Biomedical Research and Research Training Program (CFDA 93.859) to the University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus (UPR-MSC). The grant will fund the acquisition of a BD FACSymphony A1 flow cytometer with 4 lasers to detect up to 19 parameters in cells and particles. This state-of-the-art equipment will support health-related research projects across senior and junior faculty at UPR-MSC,...

The National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities awarded a $208,678 Project Grant to Northern Kentucky University (NKU), a primarily undergraduate institution, for the acquisition of a Miltenyi Biotec MACSQuant Vyw digital benchtop flow cytometer. This sophisticated equipment will be used in NKU's biology and chemistry teaching laboratories, as well as to support faculty research and provide undergraduate research training opportunities. The flow cytometer will enable NKU...

This $350,000 Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) will fund the acquisition of a BD FACSymphony S6 flow cytometer for the University of Toledo Flow Cytometry Core (FCC). The new state-of-the-art flow cytometer will replace the FCC's 16-year-old BD FACSAria IIU, which is reaching end-of-life. The updated instrument will enable the FCC to continue providing critical cell sorting capabilities to support ongoing...

This $454,942 Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) will enable the University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego) to acquire a state-of-the-art Cytek Aurora full-spectrum flow cytometer for its Human Embryonic Stem Cell Core Facility (HESCCF). The new instrument will provide researchers from UC San Diego and four other partner institutions access to advanced flow cytometry capabilities, including the ability to...

The University of California, Davis (UC Davis) was awarded a $239,530 Project Grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) to acquire a Beckman Coulter CytoFlex Nano flow cytometer. This specialized instrument will enable UC Davis researchers, particularly at the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, to more effectively study small extracellular vesicles like exosomes, which play an important role in cancer diagnosis, metastasis, and...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (CFDA 10.519 Equipment Grants Program) provides $435,645.00 to Montana State University to acquire a Bio-Rad ZE5 Cell Analyzer, a multi-color flow cytometer for the analysis of cells and small particles. The flow cytometer will be installed in the university's Flow Cytometry Core Facility, where it will be available to trained users from multiple departments to support fundamental and...

The Johns Hopkins University was awarded a $353,235 Project Grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) to acquire a CytoFLEX LX Flow Cytometer. This specialized scientific instrument will replace an outdated existing flow cytometer and enable a range of new experimental modalities for ongoing research projects at the university's Integrated Imaging Center. Key capabilities of the new instrument include expanded laser sources,...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) provides $210,034 to Portland State University to acquire a high-throughput flow cytometer. This instrument will enable the university to quantify individual cells and their properties within complex biological systems, supporting a range of research including water activity in cells, environmental stress impacts on coastal organisms, and detection of novel viruses and DNA replication...

This Project Grant award from the National Cancer Institute (CFDA 93.396 Cancer Biology Research) provides $186,250.00 to the University of Virginia to develop and characterize membrane-sensitive fluorescent probes for measuring the local nanoscale environments surrounding membrane proteins in living cells. The project aims to overcome a technology gap in directly observing the "paralipidomes" - the specific lipid compositions and biophysical properties - that regulate membrane protein...