Course Identification

Analysis and sorting by flow and image cytometry
20223451

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

Dr. Ziv Porat, Dr. Tomer Meir Salame, Dr. Ekaterina Kopitman, Dr. Efrat Hagai
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Course Schedule and Location

2022
First Semester
introductory lecture at 10/11,
07/11/2021
11/11/2021
24

Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points

Life Sciences: Laboratory; Elective; Regular; 1.00 points
Life Sciences (Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience Track): Laboratory; Elective; Regular; 1.00 points
Life Sciences (Computational and Systems Biology Track): Laboratory; Elective; Regular; 1.00 points

Comments

Lecture 9:00-10:30 at Candiotty seminar room,
lab at Ullmann, 10:45-13:00 (morning group) or 13:45-16:00 (afternoon group)
The course will start then on Sunday 7/11, 9:00.

The first lecture on Sunday will be in Wolfson Auditorium, and the following days in the Candiotty auditorium.
Please find the group assignments for the coming lab sessions, 7-11/11/2021.

Prerequisites

No

Restrictions

24

Language of Instruction

English

Registration by

10/10/2021

Attendance and participation

Obligatory

Grade Type

Numerical (out of 100)

Grade Breakdown (in %)

60%
40%

Evaluation Type

Laboratory

Scheduled date 1

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Estimated Weekly Independent Workload (in hours)

3

Syllabus

  1. Principles of operation of Flow and Image Cytometers: the flow systems, sample excitation and illumination, sample detectors.
  2. Applications of Flow and Image Cytometry: measurement of multiple color staining, DNA measurements, Nuclear - cytoplasm translocations.
  3. Cell Sorting and analysis of yield and purity.
  4. Preparation of samples.
  5. Data analysis.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course students should be able to:

  1. Discuss the principles and some applications of Flow and Image Cytometry.
  2. Run samples on Flow and Image Cytometers.
  3. Analyze samples with multi-color staining.
  4. Sort multi-color cell populations to test tubes.
  5. Perform cell cycle analysis.

Reading List

  1. Shapiro H. M - Practical Flow Cytometry.
  2. Givan A. L - Flow Cytometry first principles.
  3. Ormerod M. G. - Flow Cytometry

Website

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