UFC About

The Unified Flow Core provides state-of-the-art flow cytometry and cell sorting services to the entire University of Pittsburgh research community as well as researchers at neighboring institutions. A skilled staff provides help with instrument setup, data analysis, and consultation for experiment design. Training is available to enable investigators and their staff to run the analytical cytometers themselves.

Location & Hours of Operation

Location Hours of Operation

200 Lothrop Street, BST E1514

Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Monday – Friday

8.30 am – 5.30 pm

5051 Centre Avenue, Assembly Building G532

Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Monday – Friday

8.30 am – 5.30 pm

Staff & Contact

Name Role Phone Email Location
Larry Kane Director   lkane@pitt.edu  
Dewayne Falkner Director of Operations  724-799-1520  falkner@pitt.edu  BST E1514/ Assembly G532 
Unified Flow Core Core Facility    flowcore@pitt.edu   
Ailing Liu Application Scientist    ail13@pitt.edu  BST E1514/ Assembly G532 
Heidi Gunzelman Training at Assembly    hmg44@pitt.edy  Assembly G532 
Nicole Brandon Training Attune    nrb18@pitt.edu  Assembly G532 
Nan Sheng Training at BST    nas260@pitt.edu  BST E1514 
Nevil Abraham Training ImageStream    nea45@pitt.edu  Assembly G532 

Citation Information

Work performed in the Unified Flow Core Facility (RRID:SCR_025102) and services and instruments used in this project were graciously supported, in part, by the University of Pittsburgh, Department of Immunology.
*Please note that some instruments obtained with NIH S10 instrument grants have specific reporting requirements. For work involving the instruments below please add the following:
This work benefitted from (instrument from list) funded by NIH (grant number from list)
Cytek Aurora CS Spectral Sorter
S10OD032265
Canopy Biosciences Chip Cytometer
S10OD030396