Flow Cytometry Platform - PRECYM

OVERVIEW
Acronym PRECYM-PTA
Partner institution

Aix-Marseille Université





Description

PRECYM has pooled several flow cytometers and cell sorters, as well as know-how in flow cytometry analysis and cell sorting, and makes them all open to the scientific community. Our goal is to give researchers the opportunity to consider new approaches in their research, with the guarantee of having the best expertise and competitive scientific tools.

SCIENTIFIC DOMAIN
Scientific domain

PE10_6 - Palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology - Earth System Science





 

PE10_4 - Terrestrial ecology, land cover change - Earth System Science





 

PE10_3 - Climatology and climate change - Earth System Science





 

PE10_8 - Oceanography (physical, chemical, biological, geological) - Earth System Science





Keywords

Bacteria





 

Viruses





 

Flow cytometry





 

Microbial ecology





 

Ocean





 

Biogeochemistry





 

Diversity





 

Plankton





 

Phytoplankton





INFRASTRUCTURE
Remote access details

PRECYM is open to both the academic and private sectors (on request).

AMENITIES
Equipment

Among the services provided are:
-the analysis and sorting of aquatic (fresh- and seawater) microorganisms by flow cytometry,
-support for the development and/or improvement experimental protocols,
-support for technological developments,
-assistance in the analysis and interpretation of cytometry data and results,
-training in flow cytometry technology (theory and practice), as well as on the use of the facility instruments,
-expertise for private laboratories for both the analysis and sample sorting.