Who Uses Cytobank?
Read about various benefits of the Cytobank Platform by user group below.
Visit the Cytobank User Stories page for interviews with Cytobank users on their research, scientific vision, and use of cytometry.
Cytobank is for: Researchers
Cytobank provides researchers a new way to manage, search and backup their FCS files over the web. Our analysis system is designed to incorporate annotations and make it easier to create figures for lab meetings, publications or for sharing.
Manage experiments like you do your email and create
figures while capturing key annotation information.
Cytobank is for: Collaborators
Cytobank facilitates discussions around flow cytometry across and within groups. Users can share experiment data and details quickly and easily through the web. Their collaborators can start with the result and drill down to the underlying single cell data.
Share experiments with a colleague and allow them to start with your result, see your processing steps and drill down to the underlying single cell data.
Cytobank is for: Lab & Core Facility Managers
Cytobank provides a turnkey storage solution for your flow cytometry data. A hosted Cytobank version provides you with a way to regulate user access, have data collected and backed up; allows users to manage and share this information with others in your department/lab/facility.
Hosted and deployed solutions are maintained, supported and backed up by Cytobank Inc.
The Admin dashboard in Cytobank allows facility managers to monitor access, offer support and generate usage statistics for grants and billing purposes.
Contact info@cytobank.org to request more information.
Cytobank is for: Developers & Statisticians
A key challenge in flow cytometry is communicating the results along with sufficient experiment details to allow for additional analysis. In Cytobank, users are providing these details during the course of analysis. Thus, you can start with analyzed/gated data, drill down to the raw data, and export gated or raw data in tab-delimited or fcs formats.
You can also work with us to build out APIs you need for your analyses.
Follow results of an analysis from the figure, to the gating
strategy, to getting copies of gated or raw data.
Cytobank is for: Educators & Trainers
Getting started in flow cytometry requires getting familiar with not only the machines and protocols but on ways to analyze/display/gate your data as well. Making tutorials and other educational materials available on Cytobank is a great way to disseminate information to beginners.
Furthermore, Cytobank enables interactive discussions around experiments which can be beneficial to help beginners overcome the hurdle of analysis.
Disseminate training materials and have interactive
discussions with beginners about their analysis questions.
Cytobank is for: Vendors
Cytobank provides a platform for sharing cytometry data over the web. Our goal is to make this available to the scientific community through vendor support and sponsorship.
Vendors can work with Cytobank Inc. to:
- Get analysis for their products streamlined on the Cytobank platform
- Provide example panel setups and experiments and data highlighting their reagents
- Make technical data sheets more interactive
Vendors can streamline analysis of their products on the Cytobank platform and build resources around their product portfolios. For example, BD's FACSelect Buffer Compatibility Resource helps you navigate buffer choices for your intracellular and surface marker experiments.
Contact info@cytobank.org for more information.