This free webinar is offered by BD Biosciences

Speaker:
Kevin L. Holmes, PhD, Chief, Flow Cytometry Section
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

Summary:
Modern cell sorters are used to facilitate the goals of a wide variety of biomedical applications in both basic and applied research by providing the means to identify and physically isolate cell subsets at high rates and accuracy. However, to achieve this, the large majority of cell sorters are designed with a "stream-in-air" fluidics system, which in the event of a nozzle obstruction might lead to significant aerosol generation. Aerosol generation by these instruments is potential biohazard. In this webinar, the biosafety aspects of modern cell sorters will be presented. This will include a summary of the known hazards and the policies and procedures that have been published to mitigate the risks associated with cell sorting in biomedical laboratories. In particular, aspects of the newly published ISAC (International Society for the Advancement of Cytometry) Cell Sorter Biosafety Standards will be presented.

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