Flow cytometry is the measurement of the cellular properties of single cell suspensions as they are moving in a fluid stream, facilitated by lasers and antibodies conjugated to fluorochromes, past a stationary set of detectors.

The capability to rapidly quantify multiple parameters and analyze heterogeneous cell populations on a cell-by-cell basis is arguably the most powerful aspect of analytical flow cytometry. This allows flow cytometry to be used for a wide range of applications, which we covered in this hands-on workshop.