Cell Sorter with Biosafety Cabinet

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USU has a requirement for a cell sorter with biosafety cabinet, which will be housed in our Biomedical Instrumentation Center (BIC). The requested cell sorter is needed for many research projects that are conducted by USU scientist and PhD students. Due to high demand for cell sorting, BIC's Flow Cytometry Core is being utilized more to the extent that an additional cell sorter is required. The requested instrument will double our cell sorting capability, so that BIC can meet the demands of USU researchers.

BIC currently is using a BD FACSAria III cell sorter, which we intend on continuing to use.

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