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Please ensure that you have read and understood the relevant documents below regards the Flow Cytometry Facility & Services. If you have any enquiries related to ICR Flow Cytometry Facility, please contact the team via flowcytometry@icr.ac.uk and +44 20 8722 4340

User Agreement – Flow Cytometry and Light Microscopy Facilities
Facilities Acknowledgement Policy
Flow Cytometry Facility
ICR Flow Cytometry Facility Website (Main)
Core Research Facilities
Core Research Facilities and Scientific Services
Core Research Facilities Voucher Scheme
Data Analysis Software/Platform

FlowJo
FCSExpress
QMIQ

Location and Hours of operation

HOURS

LOCATION

Core Hours: Mon-Fri 9:00am-5:00pm
Cell Analyzer and Sony cell sorters: 24/7 access (post training)
Symphony S6 Cell sorting Services: Mon 2:00pm-5:00pm, Tue-Fri 10am-5:00pm

0N20, ICR Flow Cytometry Facility, Chester Beatty Laboratories, The Institute of Cancer Research, 237 Fulham Road, London SW3 6JB

0E13, ICR Flow Cytometry Facility, Brookes Lawley Building, The Institute of Cancer Research, 2 Oakleaf Avenue, Sutton SM2 5GP

Overview of Services: ICR Flow Cytometry Facility is based across both sites Chelsea (Chester Beatty Laboratories) and Sutton (Brookes Lawley Building). ICR Flow Cytometry Facility provides primarily the ICR community and external users with an essential scientific/technology platform (STP) that includes:

Instrument Training
Cell sorting Service
Panel Design
Support with Applications and Assasy
Protocol Optimization
Data Analysis (FlowJO, FCS Express and Cytobank) and many more.

Important Links

iLab Booking Calendars

iLAB booking System & Information

Our Flow Cytometry Facility is Equipped with various instruments below

CHELSEA

BD LSR II Cell Analyzer - Brochure (user operated) | £33.86/hr | Note! BD LSR II is not currently on the service contract. If this is of concern, please contact our team at earliest.
BeckmanCoulter CytoFLEX LX Cell Analyzer - Brochure (user operated) | £35.00/hr
BD Symphony A5 Cell Analyzer - Brochure (user operated) | £42.00/hr
Sony ID7000™ Spectral Cell Analyzer Brochure https://www.sonybiotechnology.com/instruments/id7000-spectral-cell-analyzer
Sony MA900 Cell Sorter - Brochure (user operated) | £42.00/hr . Sony Cell sorter will have additioal charges for the disposable cell sortings chip £29.09. This cost will be shared with other users on the day where applicable.
BD Symphony S6 Cell Sorter - Brochure (Facility staff operated, SERVICE ONLY) | £70.00/hr
BD Rhapsody™ - Brochure (Facility staff operated + users | Note! BD Rhapsody™ is not on the Service Contract currently, if you are planning future experiments, please contact our team ASAP flowcytometry@icr.ac.uk.

SUTTON

BD LSR II Cell Analyzer - Brochure (user operated) | £25.00/hr | Note! BD LSR II is not currently on the service contract. If this is of concern, please contact our team at earliest.
Agilent NovoCyte Penteon - Brochure (user operated) | £35.00/hr
BD Symphony A5 Cell Analyzer - Brochure (user operated) | £42.00/hr
Sony SH800 Cell Sorter - Brochure (user operated) | £35.00/hr. Sony Cell sorter will have additioal charges for the disposable cell sortings chip £29.09. This cost will be shared with other users on the day where applicable.
BD Symphony S6 Cell Sorter - Brochure (Facility staff operated, SERVICE ONLY) | £70.00/hr
cellenONE Please note that this system is mainly operated by Max Mossner (max.mossner@icr.ac.uk) and Caitlin Davies (caitlin.davies@icr.ac.uk). Please do contact max.mossner@icr.ac.uk for further enquiries including access,training,service,collaboration and other enquiries.

FLOW CYTOMETRY USER GROUP 2024/25

This user group aims to provide feedback and discussion regards the Flow Cytometry user issues/enquiries. In addition, to also help with future planning and development of ICR Flow Cytometry Facility. This user group has members for each site representing various groups and departments and the list will be updated annually to reflect the changes.

Academic Lead: Dr. Astero Klampatsa

Head of Core Research Facilities: Dr. Tina Daviter

We are welcoming new members. Current members are:

CHELSEA: Catherine Coates | Emmanuel Patin | Ernesto Lopez | Deepa Bajantri | Federico Tidu | Gemma Curpi | Huafu Li | Jacky Leung | Kate Moore | Malvina Seradj | Marjan Iravani | Scott Layzell | Sidonie Wicky John | Szymon Kowalski | Tanya Trakarnphornsombat | Yanbo Liu | Will Yang

SUTTON: Alistair Noble | Bahare Alishah| Cecilia Roux | Chanthirika Ragulan | Dawoud Dar | Erik Wennerberg | Farideh Miraki-Moud | Hannah Lawson | Kate Liodaki | Lauren Aronson | Martin Kaiser | Nikki Sereesongsaeng | Quinty Vellema | Roberto Rota

The feedback from our User Group Meeting will be valuable and essential for RICe Committee to ensure that our researchers are supported with essential Research Infrastructure and systems.

FluoroFinder: Integrated free online tool for panel design, sharing and purchasing antibodies/dyes. This tool has the configuration of all our instruments (ICR Flow Cytometry Facility) and also guides the user with brightness and spectral overlap/spillover to adjacent channels and helps desing better panel.

FluoroFinder_ICR Flow Cytometry Facility

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Contacts

Name	Role	Phone	Email	Location
Flow Cytometry Facility	Core Research Facilities/Services	+442087224340	flowcytometry@icr.ac.uk	ON20/ON21 (Chelsea) and 0E17/13 BLB (Sutton)
Bhagyashree Satam	Research Assistant (Flow Cytometry)	+442034373645	bhagyashree.satam@icr.ac.uk	ON20/ON21 (Chelsea) and 0E17/13 BLB (Sutton)
Sitara Ballal	Research Assistant	+442034376975	sitara.ballal@icr.ac.uk	ON20/ON21 (Chelsea) and 0E17/13 BLB (Sutton)
Daniela Teixeira	Flow Cytometry Specialist	+442034376525	Daniela.Teixeira@icr.ac.uk	ON20/ON21 (Chelsea) and 0E17/13 BLB (Sutton)
Shruti Daga	Senior Research Assistant	+442034376935	shruti.daga@icr.ac.uk	ON20/ON21 (Chelsea) and 0E17/13 BLB (Sutton)
Hira Ale	Head of Flow Cytometry	+442034377041	hira.ale@icr.ac.uk	ON20/ON21 CBL (Chelsea) and 0E17/13 BLB (Sutton)