Welcome to
The Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry
Flow Cytometry Facility
Edmonton, Alberta

Facility Overview

The Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Flow Cytometry Facility is a multi-user facility at the University of Alberta, providing a variety of services for internal and private sector investigators.  The facility was established in 1981, originally with one benchtop analyzer, and today houses 6 instruments (FACSAria, FACSCanto, FACSCalibur, LSRII, two FACScans) that offer state-of-the-art analytical flow cytometry, cell sorting, and  data analysis.

The Facility operates on a fee-for-use basis, which allows partial cost recovery for operating expenses and service contracts for the instruments.  A major portion of Facility operating costs is provided through grant support from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and financial support from the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry.

Using the Flow Cytometry Facility

All interested investigators should contact the Facility Manager, Dorothy Kratochwil-Otto at (780) 492-7780.
The Facility offers assistance to all investigators and graduate students in the development of protocols, experimental design and data analysis.  First-time users of the benchtop analytical instruments need to call to book a training session and facility specific biosafety training.