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Research Flow Cytometry Core

  • Meet the Team

    meet-accordion-sarah croswell

    Sarah Croswell

    Sarah has a BS from Miami University in Microbiology and Creative Writing. She began working with the core facility in 2007, and provides training for and maintains the flow cytometers in the Research Flow Cytometry Core (RFCC). She received formal training on the LSRII and in the use of FACSDiVa. She is also fluent in CellQuest Pro and is available for troubleshooting the flow cytometers. She can be reached at Sarah.Croswell@cchmc.org.

    meet-accordion-xiaoling zhang

    Xiaoling Zhang

    Xiaoling Zhang has an MD from Shanghai Medical School and an MS from Shanghai Second Medical School, Shanghai, China. She joined the RFCC in 2009 as a sorter operator and was formally trained on the BD FACSAria II. She has experience with hematopoietic stem cell, cell cycle and apoptosis analysis and is proficient at operating the FACSCanto and using FACSDiVa and CellQuest Pro software. Xiaoling can be reached at Xiaoling.Zhang@cchmc.org.

    meet-accordion-tim hubbell

    Tim Hubbell

    Tim received his BA from the University of Cincinnati and has over twelve years of experience in biomedical research on topics ranging from immunology to fluorescent spectroscopy. Most recently he worked at the Hoxworth Blood Center where he learned flow cytometry. He has experience on the BD FACSCanto and FACSAria II. Tim joined the RFCC in September of 2010 and can be reached at Timothy.Hubbell@cchmc.org.

    meet-accordion-Javid Mohammed

    Javid Mohammed

    Javid has an MS in Biology from Ball State University, a BSc in Microbiology and a MSc in Biotechnology from Osmania University, Hyderabad, India. He has over 5 years of experience in life-science research in the areas of immunology, genetic engineering, biochemistry, molecular biology, bioinformatics and proteomics. He learned flow cytometry while working in the Division of Immunobiology at CCHMC and is proficient at using the LSRII, FACSDiva and FlowJo. Javid joined the RFCC in June of 2011 and has been formally trained on the FACSAria II. He can be reached at Javid Mohammed@cchmc.org.

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    A. Nicole White

    Nicole received her BS from the Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington in 2002. She has been working with flow cytometry and cell sorting applications for over five years gaining experience as an operator on the Beckman Coulter Elite and XL, the BD FACSAria, FACSCalibur, FACSVantage (basic and digital option), and the iCyt Reflection. In 2010, she received her MBA in global management from Ashland University. Nicole joined the RFCC in October of 2010 and can be reached at Amanda.White@cchmc.org.

    meet-accordion-monica delay

    Monica DeLay

    Monica has a BS and an MS from the Department of Biology at the University of Cincinnati. In 2008 she joined the RFCC as manager as well as cell sorter operator. Monica is proficient at using the FACSCalibur, LSRII, FACSCanto and has been formally trained on the FACSAria II. She is fluent at using CellQuest Pro and FACSDiVa and is available for consultation in designing experiments using multi-color flow cytometry. Monica also plans and organizes the RFCC User Meetings so if you have a suggestion for a future topic, please email her at Monica.DeLay@cchmc.org.

    meet-accordion-sherry thornton

    Sherry Thornton

    Dr. Thornton received a PhD in 1997 from the Molecular and Developmental Biology graduate program at Cincinnati Children’s. Upon appointment to Assistant Professor in 2002, Dr. Thornton became assistant flow core director for the Rheumatology Center Grant (NIHP30). Three years later, she became director of this core and serves in this capacity to date. In the last year, she has taken on a larger role in flow cytometry at CCHMC and is now Director of the Research Flow Cytometry Core, which houses all flow cytometry instrumentation involved in basic research. Dr. Thornton also serves as a sorter operator and has been formally trained on the FACSAria II. She can be reached at Sherry.Thornton@cchmc.org.