Research Flow Cytometry Core

  • The Research Flow Cytometry Core (RFCC) is a shared resource laboratory serving the Cincinnati Children’s research communities and surrounding institutions by providing a central location for flow cytometry instrumentation, training and education. We offer a number of services for both internal and external scientists.

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    Users Meeting

    The next ORVCA users meeting will be held Wednesday, May 29th from 2-3 pm in Cincinnati Children’s S building, Room S1.203. Haley Titus-Mitchell, PhD Candidate and First Place winner of the 2012 Imaging and Cytometry Research Day Poster Presentation, will present ‘The Role of Myelinating Glia in Gain of Function RASopathy Pathogenesis – A Novel Technique for Dissociating Adult Murine Brain for Flow Analysis’.

    Imaging and Cytometry Research Day

    Save the date for this annual meeting hosted by the Ohio River Valley Cytometry Association! It will be on Wednesday, September 18th, 2013. Click HERE for more information.

    Stay Informed!

    The Ohio River Valley Cytometry Association (ORVCA) is on Facebook! ‘Like’ us to keep up-to-date on events, educational opportunities, meetings and current topics in cytometry. We hope you find this a great way to stay informed! If you’re not on Facebook, sign up for our email list.

    Introduction to Flow Cytometry

    New users need to complete this class prior to hands-on instrument training. This monthly class is 3 hours and covers instrument components, analysis, compensation and experimental basics. Register for this class on the ELM (Cincinnati Children's users) or email Monica DeLay for external clients. See below for future dates, times and locations.

    5/30/20131:00-4:00PMS10.130
    6/27/20131:00-4:00PMS10.130
    7/25/20131:00-4:00PMS10.130
    8/29/20131:00-4:00PMS10.130
    9/26/20131:00-4:00PMS10.130
    10/31/20131:00-4:00PMS10.130
    11/21/20131:00-4:00PMS10.130
    12/19/20131:00-4:00PMS10.130
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    How to Find Us

    Children’s employees: From the lobby of the S building, take an elevator to the 5th floor. Turn left out of the elevator bay and proceed to the R building. Our desks are located in R5543 and the office is in R5564. The instrument rooms are R5543, R5524, R5529, R5001 and R5087A. From the R building, take an elevator to the 5th floor. Turn left and then right and proceed down the hallway to our area (see room numbers above). 

    Non-Children’s employees: If you are driving to Cincinnati Children’s, please view directions, maps and information about parking. See building and room numbers above.

    How to Cite Us

    When publishing data that is generated using our facility, it is necessary to properly acknowledge us in the publication since we are partially supported by three NIH P30 grants through the Division of Rheumatology’s Center for Rheumatic Disease Research (NIH AR47363), Division of Gastroenterology’s Digestive Health Center (NIH DK78392), and the Division of Experimental Hematology and Cancer Biology’s Center for Excellence in Molecular Hematology (NIH DK90971).

    See below for example statements to be used for this purpose and feel free to cite a specific staff member if appropriate.

    To acknowledge our assistance:
    We would like to acknowledge the assistance of the Research Flow Cytometry Core in the Division of Rheumatology at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, supported in part by NIH AR-47363, NIH DK78392 and NIH DK90971.

    To acknowledge our facility:
    All flow cytometric data were acquired using equipment maintained by the Research Flow Cytometry Core in the Division of Rheumatology at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, supported in part by NIH AR-47363, NIH DK78392 and NIH DK90971.


 
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    Location

    Office: R5543 (Lab desks), R5564 (Main Office)

    Analyzer rooms:
    R5524: FACSCalibur's, LSR's
    R5087A: FACSCanto's
    R5543: ImageStreamX 

    Sorting Rooms:
    R5001: FACSAria's
    R5529: MoFlo XDP

    Luminex:
    R5543

    Analyzer Hours
    24 / 7 for those who have been trained by our staff

    Sorting Hours
    9 am to 6 pm Monday-Friday

    Contact Us
    General information, help and analyzer training:
    513-636-3575

    Cell sorting appointments:
    513-636-2770 - FACSAria's
    513-636-2054 - MoFlo XDP

    Analyzer rooms:
    513-636-3332