Electrons
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Counted by the Photomultiplier Tube (PMT) in the flow cytometer. Photons enter the PMT and the signal is amplified in the PMT when a photon strikes the anode and “knocks” of electrons. These electrons then hit a series of subsequent anodes, amplifying the total number of electrons of signal. The PMT then counts the total number of electrons and this is converted to the signal.
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ABOUT TIM BUSHNELL, PHD
Tim Bushnell holds a PhD in Biology from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He is a co-founder of—and didactic mind behind—ExCyte, the world’s leading flow cytometry training company, which organization boasts a veritable library of in-the-lab resources on sequencing, microscopy, and related topics in the life sciences.
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