Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any device used in counting cells: employed frequently in the special sense of hemacytometer.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
graduated microscope slide or similar small vessel used for counting or measuringcells - noun An
automated device used for the same purpose
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Examples
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Specifically, the flow cytometer told Gilbert that in the mice exposed to TCE, a T-cell activation molecule, CD44, was acting differently than it would have if there had been no autogen.
The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008
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As is standard in this sort of research, they used a machine known as a flow cytometer to examine the surface of cells from the mouse, taken from immune-system organs such as the lymph nodes and the spleen.
The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008
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The flow cytometer uses a laser to light up cells if the cells express certain markers that should not, in normal circumstances, be present on the T cells.
The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008
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The flow cytometer uses a laser to light up cells if the cells express certain markers that should not, in normal circumstances, be present on the T cells.
The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008
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Specifically, the flow cytometer told Gilbert that in the mice exposed to TCE, a T-cell activation molecule, CD44, was acting differently than it would have if there had been no autogen.
The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008
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As is standard in this sort of research, they used a machine known as a flow cytometer to examine the surface of cells from the mouse, taken from immune-system organs such as the lymph nodes and the spleen.
The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008
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Hmmm...is it bad that I'm just sitting here watching the cytometer clean instead of going back to lab and trying to look busy?
A little whining, a little updating WomanScientist 2008
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I've spent a lot of time genotyping mice and/or sitting in front of a cytometer, so you have my sympathies!
A little whining, a little updating WomanScientist 2008
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Hmmm...is it bad that I'm just sitting here watching the cytometer clean instead of going back to lab and trying to look busy?
Archive 2008-05-01 WomanScientist 2008
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Then I broke the experiment down into smaller pieces and made him understand that for what my committee wanted to learn, I had to use this new cytometer that uses more colors.
Archive 2007-10-01 Image Goddess 2007
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