Improving Ease and Efficiency of Blood Sample Manipulation for Flow Cytometry Verification

BD Biosciences Engineering, 2016-17

Liaison(s): Christine Paulson ’02, Josh Zollett
Advisor(s): Gordon Krauss
Students(s): Lani Chapko (TL-F), Andrew Marino, Kelly McConnell, Ruth Sung (TL-S), Ramita Kondepudi (S), Thomas Morgan-Witts (F)

BD Biosciences’ flow cytometers are crucial re-search and clinical instruments used in studying, diagnosing, and finding cures for today’s diseases such as HIV and leukemia. Harvey Mudd College has been enlisted to help BD Biosciences’ systems development team in making verification testing of their products more efficient. Our Clinic Team is focused on reducing the skill and tedious nature of whole blood specimen manipulation techniques, by providing tools to make these procedures easier, faster, and less error-prone.