The Flow Cytometry Laboratory was established as a service core in Dartmouth Medical School in 1981 and became a Norris Cotton Cancer Center (NCCC) core in 1998. The Immune Monitoring Laboratory was established by Dr Jacqueline Channon Smith in 2002 to carry out correlative immunological endpoint assays and mechanistic studies for clinical trials in addition to basic immunology research at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC). In 2010 the two laboratories were combined. The consolidated Shared Resource moves beyond the simple provisioning of technical services to making complex experiments possible by providing scientific and technological support for implementing advanced, high-complexity assays in a cost-effective way, and by providing a mechanism for the acquisition of new methodologies. This Shared Resource is unique, not only at Dartmouth, but also regionally.

Hours

Flow cytometers are available for use 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. However, different rules apply to "normal hours" and "other hours." "Normal hours" are 9:00am to 5:00pm, Monday through Friday. If you use the instruments during "normal hours," you can expect them to be warmed up and QC'd. If you want to use the instruments during "other hours," you need to be aware of our rules and restrictions.

Location

The Immune Monitoring and Flow Cytometry Shared Resource is located on the seventh floor of the Rubin Building in the NCCC at DHMC in Lebanon, NH (710 Rubin). The Flow Cytometry Shared Resource also maintains a cytometer on the Hanover Campus on the second floor of the Remsen Building (room 243) .

Funding

DartLab is a Shared Resource in the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth.

It is currently supported by the Dartmouth Cancer Center Support Grant (P30 CA023108-31) and through user fees.