Royal Academy of Intl. Flow Cytometry Affairs
The Royal Academy of International Flow Cytometry Affairs (RAIFCA) - Formerly the ChUG in Cytometry podcast - is an informal association of professionals in the fields of cytometry and imaging, dedicated to sharing ideas, opinions, and information.
We are not sponsored by anyone or anything, not the Big Flow Tech, nor any academic institution, not my mom, no one. Well maybe a little from th
Episodes
26 episodes
Ozette | Tools of the Trade
We're meeting with the good people of Ozette - CEO and co-founder Greg Finak, and Chief Product Officer Corrie Ortega. We discussed how Ozette can support the research efforts of the various core facilities across the land through its data expl...
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Meeting Oliver Burton | The ChUG Podcast
It was my great pleasure to meet Dr. Oliver Burton and discuss his very impactful blog Colibri-Cytometry.com. We covered his career path, and explored many of the more popular topics covered in the blog.
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In the Service of Cytometry - Fix your own stuff! | The ChUG Podcast
The issue I have whenever we discuss negotiating service contracts is that we just skip over the most useful leverage we have: fixing stuff on our own. But then again, there is very little training and information offered on how to do just that...
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David has Money Issues (ft. Melissa Leone)
We live in strange days... The research field is facing a very challenging situation (born out of some very stupid decision making). In this ChUG episode, Melissa Leone - sales expert extraordinaire, VP of all things complicated, and now the ve...
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The Good, the Bad, and the Post Unmixing Compensation
Here it is! The debate that will settle this business of post acquisition adjustment of your unmixing matrix. Is it an appropriate thing to do? Or will applying manual compensation to your data send you to the 9th circle of hell (the one with t...
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Buy or Lease with First American (with Andrew Card and Nick Borkowski) | Tools of the Trade
To Buy or to Lease? Finding funds for the purchase of flow cytometry equipment in your core facility can be challenging. In this first installment of the Tools of the Trade podcast, we discuss the leasing option offered by First American with A...
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Chatting Around A Whole New Dumpster Fire | The ChUG Podcast
As much as I want to keep the ChUG podcast light and useful, we've entered a time where every piece of news we hear from the current administration is highly concerning. The media is discussing the stock market using stock images of people grab...
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Season 2
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ChUG podcast #21 - Meet Locally, Flow Globally
Regional flow cytometry are where it's at. This is what we have decided here at ChUG. We invited Aja Rieger to discuss the CoLD Summit, Karla Gorena to talk about FlowTex, and Daniel Vocelle to cover GLIIFCA. If you have unquestionably attended...
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ChUG Podcast #20 - All the Flow Podcasts Are Here
It was a pleasure to host Dr. Peter O'Toole, Director of the BioScience Technology Facility and Head of Imaging and Cytometry core at the University of York. He is also the host of the other, way more popular, flow cytometry dedicated podcast F...
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ChUG Podcast #19 - In the Service of Cytometry: The ABRF 2024 Session
The Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities (ABRF) had its 2024 annual meeting in Minneapolis and I was asked to chair the Service Contract Session. Pro tip: if that happens to you, you need to recruit Julie Auger, Executive Director at...
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ChUG Podcast #18 - Cezary and Daniel explain Spatial Biology to David
Spatial Biology is an emerging technology that can get a heck of lot confusing for David. When David doesn't understand something, he asks people to help. Be like David. Ask Cezary and Daniel to explains things to you.
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ChUG Podcast #17 - Chatting Around the Dumpster Fire III - Allegedly and Presumably
The gang is back to discuss all kinds of things happening is Flowland! Ryan Duggan, Bert Ladd, Rebecca Bultema, and that other guy discuss which meetings look good this year, the range of ideas floating around reagents used to clean and maintai...
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1:25:46
ChUG Podcast #16 - In the Service of Cytometry with Ray Lannigan
We continuing our exploration of service contracts in the Flow Cytometry with none other than Ray Lannigan, formerly Vice President of Global Sales and Services at Cytek. We couldn't ask for a better guide to explain the details of service cont...
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1:34:52
ChUG Podcast #15: Spectral Flow - What You Don't Know Is Out To Kill You
'What you don't know is out to kill you' had been the subtitle for the CAT Facility flow basics class for over a decade. It reminds us that the life of a flow cytometrist is filled with peril and danger. One day you're on the top of the world, ...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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59:11
ChUG Podcast #14: Cytometry on Air #3: Cell Sorting
Ryan ran a discussion on the cell sorters available on the market on the Cytometry on Air podcast, roughly 10 years ago. It's now 2023 and we invited Dave Adams back along with Bill Eades to discuss how things look nowadays. We talked about the...
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ChUG Podcast #13 - In the Service of Cytometry (with Tony Leger)
We're thrilled to host Tony Leger, Director of Automation Laboratory Technology (ALT), for a discussion on instrument service in the field of Flow Cytometry. If you have frustrations regarding the cost of service contracts, or the difficulty ar...
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2:11:04
ChUG Podcast #12 - Imaging Flow Cytometry. What's going on?
We're back! We wanted to make sense of the numerous imaging flow cytometers that have hit the market over the last few years, notably the Attune CytPix and the BD FACS Discover S8. Ryan Duggan, Director Emeritus Pat Simms, Daniel Vocelle and th...
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Episode 13
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ChUG Podcast #11 - 2022 in Review
Here at ChUG in Cytometry, we aim to be the most relevant that we can be! This is why we decided to comment on events that have not happened yet! Laura Johnston, Pat Simms, Robot Ryan Duggan and David Leclerc discuss upcoming flow meetings, wha...
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ChUG Podcast #10 - The Flood of '21
The CAT Facility lost a few instruments due to some water damage a few months ago and we turned to an Insurance Group to help us out. It's not a common situation for anyone (hopefully), so here's some thoughts on our experience and what can be ...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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ChUG Podcast #9 - Chatting Around the Dumpster Fire
The gang is back! Pat Simms, Laura Johnston, Ryan Duggan, and that other guy discuss the latest news in the flow cytometry world in this second edition of Chatting Around the Dumpster Fire. They talk about hiring staff, getting back to work in ...
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ChUG #8 - Dealing with autofluorescence in spectral flow cytometry
We host Monica Delay, US Manager for Technical Application Support at Cytek Biosciences, for a discussion on autofluorescence (AF) and the tools to deal with it in Spectral Flow Cytometry. We use figures to showcase some problems with AF which ...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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1:22:59
ChUG #7 - There is no I in 'cell sorter development'
Our guest is our very good friend James McCracken. We explore his career path from his post-doc at The University of Chicago, to becoming the Core Facility Director of the University of Louisville Diabetes and Obesity Center, to his current pos...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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1:06:44
ChUG #6 - Considerations on Online Training
Our guests this week are Kathy Daniels, Derek Davies, and Rui Gardner. You will recognize them from the work they have done in training Flow Cytometry users over the year. They have also developed an impressive amount of online content during t...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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