The Guava easyCyte flow cytometer line has been expanded to include a high-power modulated green laser. The addition of a 532 nanometer laser expands the detection capabilities of easyCyte instruments to enable simultaneous detection of multiple fluorescent proteins. It also offers researchers more spectral choice using fluorescent reagents. More powerful violet, blue and red lasers are now standard in most configurations, meaning the cytometers are sensitive enough to detect subcellular particles as small as viruses.
Since the discovery and isolation of the genes encoding proteins responsible for biological fluorescence, fluorescent proteins (FPs) have changed life science research. Both mutation of the original green FP and discovery of naturally occurring proteins emitting elsewhere in the spectrum have resulted in FPs of many colours. The new green laser variants meet the need for instrumentation that allows users to analyze heterogeneous biological tissues and systems in a single experiment.
“We chose the Guava easyCyte system because it combines many features that are desirable for us: a green laser – the most important – higher power lasers for smaller particle detection, very low waste volume and very small footprint,” said Richard Janvier, service de microscopie for Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systémes at the Université Laval and long-time easyCyte user. “No other cytometer on the market meets all of these criteria at the same time.”
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