sample loop length on CyTOF1
We thought we had a 500 uL sample loop on our CyTOF1 - and may, but we'd like to confirm.
During a recent visit by a Fluidigm service engineer, we were told that it looked like we had a shorter sample loop. Fluidigm has sent us new 500uL sample loop to compare to ours (see picture) and our old one is shorter, but is this due to dead vlm in assembly (see second pix)?
It would be great if other CyTOF1 users could comment or share pix of your sample loop set-up and add any trouble-shooting you have done to set/determine sample loop length.
We do collect quite slowly and would like to get the most of our samples - we are looking for rare cells so every event counts!
Thanks
During a recent visit by a Fluidigm service engineer, we were told that it looked like we had a shorter sample loop. Fluidigm has sent us new 500uL sample loop to compare to ours (see picture) and our old one is shorter, but is this due to dead vlm in assembly (see second pix)?
It would be great if other CyTOF1 users could comment or share pix of your sample loop set-up and add any trouble-shooting you have done to set/determine sample loop length.
We do collect quite slowly and would like to get the most of our samples - we are looking for rare cells so every event counts!
Thanks