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). This award will enable the purchase of a state-of-the-art BD FACSymphony A1 flow cytometer with 4 lasers to support health-related research projects and educational needs at UPR-MSC. The flow cytometer will allow for the advanced analysis of immune cells and other...
This $350,000 Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of the Director 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. The new instrument will replace the university's 16-year-old flow cytometer, providing enhanced capabilities for NIH-funded research projects in molecular biology, pathology, virology, immunology, and cell biology across the...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) provides $472,723 to Drexel University to acquire a BD Biosciences Symphony A5 spectrally enabled flow cytometer with 5 lasers, 48 fluorescence and 2 scatter channels, and a high-throughput sampler system. This state-of-the-art flow cytometer will become the flagship instrument for Drexel's newly created Flow Cytometry Core Facility, supporting deep profiling of cellular...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859) will provide $208,915 to St. Mary's University of San Antonio, Texas to acquire a Beckman Coulter CytoFLEX flow cytometry instrument. The instrument will be housed in a collaborative lab space at the university to support scientific research and educational projects across basic, translational, and biomedically-related disciplines. The...
This federal Project Grant award of $634,038 from the National Institutes of Health (CFDA 93.351 - Research Infrastructure Programs) will provide the University of California, Davis with a BD FACSymphony S6 flow cytometric sorter. This instrument will be integrated into the university's established Flow Cytometry Core facility to support over 20 current NIH-funded research projects spanning basic, translational, and clinical research areas, including studies on therapeutic HIV vaccines, SIV...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health's Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) provides $353,235 to The Johns Hopkins University to acquire a CytoFLEX LX flow cytometer instrument. The new instrument will replace an outdated BD FACSCalibur and enable significantly expanded experimental capabilities for the university's Integrated Imaging Center. Key upgrades include more lasers, increased analysis parameters, small particle detection, and a multi-well...
This Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310) provides $1,628,062 to The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research to acquire a BD FACSymphony S6 SE spectral cell sorting platform. This high-parameter fluorescent-activated cell sorter analyzer will enable researchers at the Feinstein Institutes to isolate specific, rare cell populations for their NIH-funded projects focused on discovering molecular pathways for novel...
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 Science Foundation provides $262,971 to Idaho State University to acquire a fluorescence-activated cell sorter (FACS) flow cytometer. The instrument will be housed in a multi-user core facility to support research and education across multiple departments and colleges at Idaho State University and nearby Brigham Young University-Idaho under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). Researchers and students in biological sciences, pharmaceutical...
This Project Grant award of $538,834 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) will enable the University of Iowa Flow Cytometry Facility to acquire a Cytek Amnis ImageStreamX MKII Imaging Cytometer. This specialized instrument will provide NIH-funded investigators and other researchers at the University of Iowa with access to advanced imaging and quantitative capabilities that are currently inaccessible, as the nearest public imaging cytometer...
This Project Grant award, funded by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859), provides $478,832 to the MaineHealth Institute for Research (MHIR) to acquire a BD FACSymphony A5 SE flow cytometry system. This high-dimensional instrument will significantly enhance MHIR's research capabilities by enabling advanced analysis of cells and extracellular vesicles, supporting ongoing NIH-funded studies and fostering collaborations with neighboring institutions. The award aims to elevate MHIR's research capacity, drive scientific innovation, and provide training opportunities in spectral flow cytometry for medical students through the institution's T35 program. The award was granted on July 15, 2025, with a completion date of July 14, 2026.