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Actively providing scientists from abroad and the UMCG with adaptive setups and dedicated support. The facility also provides services that include training, technical support and assistance with experimental design and data analysis.
Before you can use any instrument, you are required to:
The facility uses a booking system for the reservations of the different flow cytometers. All users need to create an account Flow Cytometry Unit (FCU).
Once the introduction has been successfully completed, you will be allowed access to the flow cytometer by using the Booked Scheduler agenda.
The following rules and regulations apply to the people working at the FCU (ML-II classified):
Your time slots in the Booked Scheduler will be used for fee calculations. The invoice will be sent to the responsible Principal Investigator (PI) at the end of each year.
The invoice for internal users will be calculated as follows:
Users from outside the University Medical Center Groningen/University of Groningen:
For fast t-SNE clustering and many other applications. 2 Hardware bound licenses are available at the facilities computers. FCS Express 7 advantages lie in the possibility of combining conventional gating with high-dimensional data algorithms like t-SNE, UMAP, PCA and SPADE.
For more information: https://denovosoftware.com
A very complete but also slightly complex program. 2 USB-dongles are available at the facility. Ask the operators to gain access to the reservation system.
FlowJo software is the leading platform for single-cell flow cytometry analysis that helps you interpret your data quickly and effectively with accessible features for immunophenotyping, cell cycle analysis, proliferation, kinetics studies, quantitative population comparison, high- dimensional analysis and more.
For more information: https://www.flowjo.com
Most user-friendly. 10 user licenses for computers connected to the RUG network. All other users can gain access to Kaluza by Citrix (uwp.rug.nl) via an internet connection.
Kaluza Analysis Software is designed to simply, efficiently, and quickly analyze multi-color data. Four simple control panels provide access to every aspect of your data.
For more information: https://www.beckman.com/flow-cytometry/software/kaluza
One license is available.
OMIQ is a cloud-based high-performance analytical tool to analyze and process your data fast and anywhere.
For more information: https://www.omiq.ai
3 licenses are available at the facility computers. The software is mostly used for data generated from the Novocyte Quanteons but can also be used for data derived from our other equipment.
For more information: https://www.agilent.com
University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG)
Flow Cytometry Unit (FCU)
PO Box 30.001
9700 RB Groningen
The Netherlands
Visiting address
University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG)
Flow Cytometry Unit (FCU)
Hanzeplein 1
9713 GZ Groningen