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The SickKids-UHN Flow Cytometry Facility at TMDT
This Flow Cytometry Facility (FCF) is jointly operated by SickKids and the University Health Network (UHN). We provide academic and corporate clients with access to several state-of-the-art analytical flow cytometers as well as high-speed cell sorting services. We also offer comprehensive training and education as well as expert consultation services to enable our users to utilize this technology to enhance the scope and quality of their research.
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January 11, 2012
The FCF has developed a new Biosafety Procedures manual which can be downloaded from this website. The policies and procedures outlined in this document will come fully into effect March 1, 2012. As such, all FCF users are required to attend a ~30 minute FCF Biosafety Orientation session in order to continue to use the facility. Sessions will be held between Jan. 16 and Feb. 27, 2012.
Please ensure you have submitted your proof of Institutional Biosafety Training BEFORE attending an FCF Safety Orientation session.
To register for one session go to this site: http://www.eventbrite.ca/event/2733753731 (the password is "cytometry")
You do not need to print the ticket, however you will need to read the FCF Biosafety Procedures document (Acrobat file 1.2 mg).
Please also print out, sign and bring with you the Orientation Check list which you can download here (Acrobat file 147 kb).
Please note that all users are required to attend an FCF Safety Orientation session by March 1, 2012 in order to continue to use the facility.
Thanks and see you there,
FCF Staff
November 29, 2011
The FCF receives operating funds from several sources, allowing us to keep user fees low. Periodically our funding agencies ask us to cite publications reporting data from our facility. To help us show our funders that this facility has an important impact on your research productivity, please acknowledge our contribution in your publications, and notify us when you do this so that we can document these papers in our grant applications and renewals. Please email references to
A suggested acknowledgment is:
Flow cytometry was performed in The SickKids-UHN Flow Cytometry Facility, with funding from the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine, Canada Foundation for Innovation, and SickKids Foundation