Overture -- Practical Flow Cytometry

Abstract

This chapter includes the following topics: * What (and What Good) is Cytometry? * Beginnings: Microscopy and Cytometry * Problem Number One: Finding the Cell(s) * Flow Cytometry: Problems, Parameters, Probes, and Principles * What's in the Box: Flow Cytometer Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathology * Alternatives to Flow Cytometry; Cytometer Ecology * The Rest of the Book