Good Live/Dead Discrimination For UV Laser

University College London
Infection and Immunity
PhD Student

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Company:

Biolegend

Product Name:

Zombie UV Fixable Viability Kit

Catalog Number:

423107

The aim was to exclude dead cells from the analysis after in vitro culture/stimulation. I chose this product as Biolegend offers quality products at good prices.

Experimental Design and Results Summary

Application

Flow cytometry

Starting Material

Human PBMCs

Protocol Overview

Stain cells (up to 5e5) in 50 ul PBS + Ab cocktail. Add Zombie UV at 1:500 dilution. Incubate for 15 min at RT or 30 min at 4deg. Wash with 150 ul FWB. Proceed to fixation and intracellular staining if needed.

Tips

Add Zombie UV dye to the PBS/Ab mix just before staining cells. Avoid any BSA/FCS in the staining medium.

Results Summary

I observed great separation of dead cells, which can be easily excluded from downstream analysis.

DOI or PMID #

NA

Additional Notes

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Summary

The Good

Good staining at high dilution

The Bad

Have to use protein free medium

The Bottom Line

Great product to achieve live/dead cell discrimination.

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