Hello all,
As the title states, we've run into an unfortunate problem with our Flow Cytometer. We're using a pretty old model (as far as my Pi has told me, it's over 20 years old). It hasn't been used for a few years, and when we've tried, we keep running into an error telling us that the cytometer status is not 'ready'.
I worked with the lab manager trying to find sources for the problem, and the first thing we're running into is corrupted calibration files. It won't pick up anything from a blank. Since it's an older model, BD no longer supplies a manual or has any people to send for repair.
Would anyone know how I can locate replacement calibration files, or what we could possibly do past this? We were really hoping to get ours working so I could get some training in and create a protocol for my research project.