The expert staff at NYU Langone Health’s Cytometry and Cell Sorting Laboratory can assist you in using the Symphony S6 SORP cell sorter.

Reserve this cell sorter using iLab (Kerberos ID and password required).

Symphony S6 SORP location

NYU Langone Health
550 First Avenue
Smilow Cellar, Room C30
Phone: 212-263-5907

Cure Building (on order)
9th floor, room 9-220
345 Park Avenue South
New York, NY 10010

Symphony S6 SORP Optics

5 lasers and 30 colors

Symphony S6 SORP Biosafety Level

• BSL-2 (unscreened human material or infectious material)
• Mandatory advance notice for setup and decontamination of infectious sorts
• BSL-2 standard operating procedure

Symphony S6 SORP Sample Preparation

• Acceptable sample tubes are polypropylene 12 × 75 mm tubes, 15-mL tubes, bullet tubes, or 1.5-mL microcentrifuge tubes.
• Concentration should be 10–20 × 10⁶ cells/mL (allows for ideal pressure and best use of time).
• Always bring extra media to dilute if necessary.
• Filter all samples as close to sorting time as possible.

Symphony S6 SORP Sample Collection

• Up to 6 5-mL (12 × 75 mm) tubes
• Up to 4 15-mL tubes
• 1 50 ml and 3 5ml tubes
• 2 5ml and 2 15 ml tubes
• Up to 6 1.5-mL centrifuge tubes
• Plates (up to 384 wells)
• 4 “bullet” tubes (1-mL tubes)
• Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tubes
• slides

Symphony S6 SORP Nozzle Options

4 Nozzle sizes available (square cuvette flow cell):
70 um (70 psi), 85 um (45 psi), 100 um (20 psi), 130 um (13 psi)

Symphony S6 SORP Configuration

Symphony S6 SORP Filter Setup