Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorter (FACS)
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content: Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorter (FACS) devised by Leonard Arthur Herzenberg (1931-2013), a professor of genetics at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Leonore Alderstein "Lee" Herzenberg (b. 1935), his wife, worked closely on this project.
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content: FACS is a technique that purifies specific cell populations based on phenotypes detected by flow cytometry. This FACS machine was built by the Becton-Dickinson Electronics Laboratory in 1975.
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content: Ref: Leonard A. Herzenberg, Richard G. Sweet, and Leonore A. Herzenberg, “Fluorescence-Activated Cell Sorting,” Scientific American 234 (March 1976): 108-118.
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content: “Leonard Herzenberg, an Immunologist Who Revolutionized Research, Dies at 81,” New York Times (Nov. 12, 2013), p. A25.
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content: Jeffrey L. Dangl and Lewis L. Lanier, “Founding Father of FACS: Professor Leonard A. Herzenberg (1931-2013),” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110 (2013): 20848-20849.
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content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Genetics (through Karen J. Carpenter and L. A. Herzenberg)
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content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.0598.01
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content: 1988.0598
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content: 1988.0598.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cell sorter, florescence, activated
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content: main control panel
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 153 cm x 122 cm x 92 cm; 60 1/4 in x 48 1/32 in x 36 7/32 in