# BD FACSymphony

> **NIH NIH S10** · TEXAS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE · 2020 · $462,958

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract
We request S10 support to purchase a BD FACSymphony flow cytometer with high throughout sampler to
substantially increase the analyses capacity and modernize the cytometry capabilities of multiple NIH funded
investigators at Texas Biomedical Research Institute (Texas Biomed) located in San Antonio, Texas. The
FACSymphony will replace a 15-year-old 3 laser, 9 color, BD Cyan LX that is scheduled for retirement. A
FACSymphony will enable NIH funded investigators to perform state-of-the-art 28 color flow cytometry,
increasing the quantity and quality of data being generated, and allow for the analyses of complex cell
phenotypes and functions that are required in this era of biomedical science. The capacity for 28 color cytometry
will also reduce the volume of precious experimental sample needed, often from hard to obtain subjects or tissue
sites, leaving sample for alternate analyses and maximizing the quantity of data that can be obtained from a
study. Texas Biomed has a primary focus of infectious diseases, and associated comorbid conditions which are
supported by 31 NIH grants. The FACSymphony would support the study of basic biology, vaccine/therapeutic
development, and diagnosis for infectious diseases of both local and global impact that includes the study of
HIV, tuberculosis, malaria, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease in humans and model systems including non-
human primates. The FACSymphony would also modernize the available cytometers in San Antonio, Texas.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9940584
- **Project number:** 1S10OD028653-01
- **Recipient organization:** TEXAS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE
- **Principal Investigator:** JOANNE TURNER
- **Activity code:** S10 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $462,958
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-07-15 → 2021-07-14

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9940584

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9940584, BD FACSymphony (1S10OD028653-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-01 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9940584. Licensed CC0.

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