Flow Cytometry Biocom Africa

03/01/2025

Happy New Year, Team! 🎉

As we prepare to tackle 2025, let’s channel the precision of flow cytometry, the adaptability of cultured cells, and the determination of a well-optimized antibody! This year is a fresh plate (96-well, of course), ready for us to fill with breakthroughs, collaborations, and meaningful discoveries.

Remember, in science—and in life—every trial counts. Even if you hit the occasional nonspecific binding or low viability, know that persistence and teamwork will always lead to robust results.

Let’s amplify our positivity like a PCR reaction, keep our focus as sharp as a laser in a flow cytometer, and maintain our environment as supportive as a perfectly balanced cell culture medium. With our collective expertise, there’s no assay too complex and no target we can’t hit. 🎯💡

Wishing you all a year of high throughput success, signal-to-noise ratio improvements, and plenty of eureka moments. Let’s make 2025 the year we push boundaries and redefine what’s possible in our field! 🚀

Here’s to groundbreaking work and a lot of laughs along the way—because a little laughter is the best buffer! 😉

All the best for the New Year

07/08/2024

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27/07/2023

Embrace the new standard of reference controls, and take your experiments to the next level.
Customize Slingshot’s TruCytes for your experimental needs, and experience the consistent and realisable results every time. The synthetic cell design creates accurate antigen density, placing TruCytes as the superiorly consistent and reliable in performance as compared to the traditional controls. Additionally, TruCytes are exceptionally shelf-stable and non-biohazardous, when compared to traditional biologically derived cellular controls.
The new standard in controls are here, and with their superior performance, quantifiability, and precision, your control game will never be the same.
Available from Biocom Africa.

25/07/2023

The power of TotalSeq’s Antibody-Oligo Formats:
Biolegend created the perfect antibody formats to expand single-cell RNA sequencing with protein analysis. Each antibody is conjugated to a capture sequence oligonucleotide, clone-specific barcode sequence, and PCR handle. These four parts expands what is possible within transcriptomic and proteomic analysis, while offering compatibility with already established processes. The formats provide accurate targeting, enhancing your data pool, and simply improving what you’re capable of within your research.
The TotalSeq antibodies are available in three formats:
TotalSeq™-A: Designed to work with any sequencing platform that relies on poly(dT) oligonucleotides as the mRNA capture method. TotalSeq™-A antibodies contain a poly(A) sequence which mimics a natural mRNA.
TotalSeq™-B: Capture sequence is compatible with 10x Genomics Chromium Single Cell Expression Solution 3’ kit with Feature Barcode Technology (v3 or v3.1).
TotalSeq™-C: Capture sequence is compatible with the 10x Genomics Chromium Single Cell Immune Profiling Solution (5’) which allows for immune repertoire profiling of T- and B-cell receptors at a single-cell resolution.

For more information, contact us directly, or visit: https://www.biolegend.com/en-us/totalseq/single-cell-rna

Simultaneously quantify protein and RNA on a single-cell basis using BioLegend’s TotalSeq™ antibody-oligonucleotide conjugates. Discover how our reagents integrate seamlessly into existing single-cell workflows to enable protein detection by sequencing.

24/07/2023

Save time and reagents CYTEK: Join the revolution and Be MUSED with CYTEK (prev. Luminex) and BIOCOM AFRICA
Improve your workflow with the Guava Muse Cell Analyser kits. The kits are optimised towards simplicity, ensuring a simple and fast process with every experimental set-up. No need to manually optimize software settings, as the Muse system calculates the gathered parameters and thresholds on your behalf. Save time, cost, and reagents with the Cytek Guava Muse Cell Analyser.
Find out which kit fit your needs, from Cell Health and Pathway assays to Immunology and Malaria (https://cytekbio.com/pages/muse -options). Contact us for more information.

17/07/2023

Single-cell sequencing has grown more prominent to investigate the cellular function from a fundamental view. Even more so, RNA sequencing has offered greater insights into cellular regulation, however, still comes with limitations. Biolegend’s TotalSeq steps across those limitations by expanding your existent RNA sequencing workflows into also measuring protein expressions on a single-cell level with their oligo-conjugated antibodies.
Combine proteomic and transcriptomic data generation simultaneously, and enjoy the data generated from hundreds of proteins for both mouse and human targets. TotalSeq further reduces dropouts and false readouts, improving cell clustering and cell identification.
Reach out to us today to find out more.

14/07/2023

Calibration and QC controls can mean the difference between excellent and poor results. Using cell mimics to calibrate flow cytometers will ensure peak performance. While using mimics as controls will create improved cell clustering and identification, overall improving the quality of your data. Slingshot’s FlowCytes offers the perfect mimicry of lymphocytes, monocytes, and granulocytes, perfect for white blood cell flow cytometry research.
The image below illustrates just how accurate these FlowCytes are in mimicking the natural clustering of PBMCs.
Available from Biocom Africa.

13/07/2023

Determining cell health is a vital step for many experimental set-ups. Traditional bulk methods, like microscopy and western blotting takes time and recourses much rather spent somewhere else. The Cytek Muse (prev. Luminex) removed the need to dedicate time and recourses for initial experimental set-up, by using minitaturized fluorescence detection and microcapiliary cytometry to accurately deliver highly quantitative single-cell analysis. Save time and recourses with the Cytek Muse Cell Analyser. Why struggle, when you can be Mused.