Thu Apr 28, 2016 11:14 pm by mleipold
Hi Adeeb,
At CYTO2013 in San Diego, Scott Tanner said that 209Bi is compatible with X8 and DN3. However, he said that there was some issue with the loading: apparently it's stable as a chelate when it's finally in, but the loading procedure had to be modified in some unspecified way. That's why Fluidigm doesn't sell a 209Bi kit.
I've heard of people being able to do it successfully, but I haven't heard of the details.
Sigma sells trace metals-basis Bismuth (III) chloride:
450723 anhydrous, powder, 99.999% trace metals basis
254142 99.99% trace metals basis
It's 100% 209Bi, so it would potentially be a very useful channel. If anyone has a loading protocol they'd be willing to share with the community, I think a lot of people would be interested.
Mike