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StarBright Dyes - Bright Reagents for Bright Ideas
StarBright Dyes - Bio-Rad’s unique dyes that are conjugated to primary antibodies for use in flow cytometry.
Why Are StarBright Dyes Unique?
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Flow cytometry is an invaluable technology with the ability to generate a wide variety of biological data. However it is a complex technique which can be overwhelming particularly if you are at the beginning of your flow journey.
Our popular Flow Cytometry Basics Guide provides an essential tool to understand all the important facets of flow cytometry including how to optimize your experiments, what controls to use to get reliable data, and how to build multicolor panels.
You can download the full and/or pocket size of the guide below or request a printed copy by filling the form on this page.
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Flow Cytometry Basics Guide (Full edition)
The guide includes:
- Principles of the Flow Cytometer
- Principles of Fluorescence
- Data Analysis
- Controls in Flow Cytometry
- Optimizing your Experiments
- Multicolor Panel Building
- Common Applications and New Technology
- Common Protocols
Flow Cytometry Basics Guide (Full edition)
The guide includes:
- Principles of the Flow Cytometer
- Principles of Fluorescence
- Data Analysis
- Controls in Flow Cytometry
- Optimizing your Experiments
- Multicolor Panel Building
- Common Applications and New Technology
- Common Protocols
Fig 1. StarBright Dyes are brighter than competitor dyes. Human peripheral blood stained with CD4 conjugated to PerCP-Cy5.5, BB700 and SBB700.
Broad Instrument Compatibility
Compatible with Bio-Rad’s ZE5 Cell Analyzer, S3e Cell Sorter, and other vendors’ cytometers. Suitable for spectral flow.Buffer Compability
No special buffer is required and therefore no amendment to your current sample preparation is needed. Tested in a range of common staining buffers with no drop in performance, unlike some dyes that give significantly lower percentage of cells and require a special buffer.
What Will Be Available?
Bio-Rad’s new range of StarBright Dyes are launching soon. We will be offering StarBright Dyes on the most frequently used and highly cited targets.| Marker | Clone | Catalog Number |
|---|---|---|
| CD2 | LT2 | MCA1194 |
| CD3D | UCHT1 | MCA463 |
| CD4 | RPA-T4 | MCA1267 |
| CD8a | LT8 | MCA1226 |
| CD10 | SN5c | MCA1556 |
| CD14 | TUK4 | MCA1568 |
| CD19 | LT19 | MCA1940 |
| CD20 | 2H7 | MCA1710 |
| CD25 | MEM-181 | MCA2127 |
| CD27 | LT27 | MCA755 |
| CD28 | YTH913.12 | MCA709 |
| CD31 | WM59 | MCA1738 |
| CD33 | WM53 | MCA1271 |
| CD38 | AT13/5 | MCA1019 |
| CD45 | F10-89-4 | MCA87 |
| CD45RA | F8-11-13 | MCA88 |
| CD45RO | UCHL1 | MCA461 |
| CD62L | FMC46 | MCA1076 |
| CD69 | FN50 | MCA2806 |
| CD105 | SN6 | MCA1557 |
| HLA ABC | W6/32 | MCA81 |
| HLA DP/ DQ / DR | WR18 | MCA477 |
We are constantly expanding our range of antibodies and reagents, resources, and online tools to help you choose the right antibodies, and design experiments with confidence so you can achieve more.
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Our Range
Bio-Rad offers over 3,000 flow cytometry tested antibodies available across many species with a range of 26 fluorophores as well as supporting reagents like viability dyes, Fc blocks, and staining buffers.
Find Your Antibody
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Viability Dye Fridge Magnet
Handy fridge magnet stating fixable and non-fixable viability dyes suitable for use in flow cytometry, and showing excitation and emission wavelengths.
Our Range
Bio-Rad offers over 3,000 flow cytometry tested antibodies available across many species with a range of 26 fluorophores as well as supporting reagents like viability dyes, Fc blocks, and staining buffers.
Find Your Antibody
We have expanded the guide to include new sections on controls, experimental design, multicolor panel building, uses of flow cytometry and more.
NEW EDITION
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Narrow Excitation/Emission
By narrowing the emission spectra and minimizing the excitation spectra, StarBright Dyes exhibit significantly reduced spillover and spreading error.Improved Brightness
Their brightness allows you to more easily resolve rare and low antigen density populations.
Consistent Staining
Tried and tested experiments; including multiple lots, each conjugated independently and tested along with accelerated shelf life study, showed StarBright Dyes to be reproducible and stable.Multiplexing Capability
Shown to be compatible with other dyes including those from the StarBright family.Mouse Targets
| Marker | Clone | Catalog Number |
|---|---|---|
| CD3 | KT3 | MCA500 |
| CD4 | RM4-5 | MCA2691 |
| CD8a | KT15 | MCA609 |
| CD11b | 5C6 | MCA711 |
| CD19 | 6D5 | MCA1439 |
| CD25 | PC61.5.3 | MCA1260 |
| CD45 | YW62.3 | MCA1031 |
| CD45R | RA3-682 | MCA1258 |
| CD117/ckit | 2B8 | MCA1365 |
| CD161 | PK136 | MCA1266 |
| F4/80 | CI-A3-1 | MCA497 |
| Ly6-C | ER-MP20 | MCA2389 |
Streptavidin
| Marker | Clone | Catalog Number |
|---|---|---|
| Streptavidin | N/A | STAR210 |
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Learn Flow Your Way with Bio-Rad's Resources
To support you, we have compiled some useful resources including our popular Flow Cytometry Basics Guide, covering key topics such as how to optimize your experiments, what controls to use to get reliable data, and how to build multicolor panels.These resources are available to download now.
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