Single-Sample Cytometer

Equipped with a blue laser and 3-color detection, the Guava EasyCyte Mini (Guava Technologies, Hayward, CA) has all of the functionality of the company’s EasyCyte 96-well platform in a single sample format, making the system accessible to researchers who do not need a high-throughput instrument. The Mini runs each of Guava's turnkey assays, enabling easy, fast measurements of GFP expression and viability, cell counting/viability, apoptosis, cell cycle analysis, antigen detection and more. Assays require only micro-volumes of cells and reagents, and the system generates minimal waste. The ability to obtain direct absolute cell counts, in addition to population percentages, allows monitoring of increases or decreases in overall cell number, which may have an impact on an assay.