


Training will only be provided for those investigators who become regular users of our facility.Training is only available to students and employees of the University of Toronto and its affiliated research institutes (within the University Health Network).Please contact us to discuss your plans to receive an estimate of training costs for your application. The average cost of training varies between $550 – 750+, depending on experimental complexity. Mandatory for all experimental assays with greater than 4 fluorescent parameters.

This session may or may not be required for simple experimental set ups 1- 4 colours.Follow-Up Session 2 – 3 hours $200/person, held one-on-one with a dedicated instructor.Experiment standardization and data export will be covered.An instructor will guide you through the optimization of your own samples on an instrument.Follow-Up Session 1 – 3 hours $200/person, held one-on-one with a dedicated instructor, required.Elements of the acquisition software will be demonstrated with fluorescent beads including: detector selection, compensation, drawing analysis templates, and saving application specific settings.Covers a walk-through of the instrument start-up, quality control check, instrument cleaning, and shut-down procedures.Introduction to flow cytometers and using BD FACSDiva – 3 hours $150/person, held in groups of two.
