S3e Cell Sorter

S3e Cell Sorter

The S3e Cell Sorter is enhanced with the AutoGimbal System, which enables hands-free motorized nozzle tip alignment. Real-time automation allows walk-away cell sorting.

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Overview

 

Discontinued Product
The S3e Cell Sorter instrument is now discontinued. However. we will continue to provide consumables, services and support for this extremely popular product. Please see details of accessories, consumables and downloads and documentation below.

The S3e Cell Sorter is the first truly walk-away automated cell sorter. Real-time monitoring and smart features make cell sorting easier and accessible to both novices and experts.

This compact system is equipped with either one to three lasers and up to four fluorescence detectors plus forward- and side-scatter detectors.

Features and Benefits of the S3e Cell Sorter

  • Hands-free nozzle tip alignment — features the fully automatic AutoGimbal System, driven completely by software
  • Simplified instrument setup — fully automated drop delay calculation, stream alignment, and droplet break-off monitoring enable precise 1–4 color sorting with minimal training
  • Compact design — dimensions of only 70 × 65 × 65 cm (2.3 × 2.1 × 2.1 ft) including onboard fluidics and temperature control system
  • 2-way cell sorting — sort two different defined populations at the same time
  • High speed and high purity — sort cells fast while maintaining high sensitivity and purity
  • Intuitive interface — user-friendly ProSort™ Software enables effortless instrument control and sort logic definition

Among the many innovations of the S3e Cell Sorter, two key state-of-the-art advancements are ProDrop Technology and the AutoGimbal System:

ProDrop Technology produces extremely accurate and precise results by:

  • Automating drop delay calculation and droplet break-off monitoring
  • Allowing drop delay calculation through direct counting of bead events
  • Simplifying one of the most complex and error-prone aspects of cell sorting

The highly sophisticated AutoGimbal System automates alignment of the nozzle tip and stream to optics by:

  • Providing hands-free alignment at all points on the stream and consistency in stream position from day to day and user to user
  • Combining picomotor fine motion positioning, imaging, and response to software algorithms using camera images

The affordable S3e Cell Sorter provides exceptional sort purity, recovery, and yield without compromising performance and sensitivity.

The system is ideal for sorting cells expressing fluorescent proteins such as eGFP, DsRed, and mCherry, or for cells labeled with fluorescent markers such as antibodies labeled with PE, PE tandems, and other fluorophores excited by the 405, 488, 561, and 640 nm lasers.

Specifications

Droplet frequency
37–43 kHz
Sorting type
True jet-in-air for high-performance sorting
Sorting rate
No hardware limitations for sort rate, limited only by droplet frequency and application
Sorting purity
>99% pure
Nozzle size
100 µm
Sorting direction
2-way sorting
Sorting collection
Up to 5 x 5 ml sample tubes each direction
Up to 5 x 1.5 ml tubes each direction
Microscope slides
8-well strip each direction
Lasers
Single-laser: 488 nm 100 mW
Single-laser upgrade: 488 nm 100 mW plus 561 or 640 nm 100 mW
Dual-laser: 488 and 561 or 640 nm 100 mW
Tri-laser: 405, 488, and 561 or 405, 488, and 640 or 488, 561, and 640 mW 100 mW
Detection
Forward scatter (FSC) with PMT
Side scatter (SSC) with PMT
Up to 4 fluorescence detectors with PMT
Minimum resolution: 0.5 µm
Sensitivity
<125 MESF for FITC and PE
Temperature range
Sample and collection temperature control system: 4–37°C
Peltier solid state system
Fluidics
Onboard fluidics and dilution of 8x sheath fluid with deionized water
Data format
FCS 3.1
Dimensions
70 x 65 x 65 cm (2.3 x 2.1 x 2.1 ft)

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S3e Cell Sorter, 405, 488, and 640 nm 100 mW lasers, includes 4 fluorescence detectors with filters, AutoGimbal™ System, ProSort™ Software
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S3e Cell Sorter, 488 nm 100 mW laser, includes 2 fluorescence detectors with filters, AutoGimbal™ System, ProSort™ Software
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S3e Cell Sorter, 488, 561, and 640 nm 100 mW lasers, includes 4 fluorescence detectors with filters, AutoGimbal™ System, ProSort™ Software
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S3e Cell Sorter, 488 and 640 nm 100 mW lasers, includes 4 fluorescence detectors with filters, AutoGimbal™ System, ProSort™ Software
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S3e Cell Sorter, 405, 488, and 561 nm 100 mW lasers, 4 fluorescence detectors, with S3e Biosafety System Class I
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S3e Cell Sorter, 405, 488, and 640 nm 100 mW lasers, 4 fluorescence detectors, with S3e Biosafety System Class I
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S3e Cell Sorter, 488, 561, and 640 nm 100 mW lasers, 4 fluorescence detectors, with S3e Biosafety System Class I
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S3e Cell Sorter, 488 nm 100 mW laser, 2 fluorescence detectors, with S3e Biosafety System Class I

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S3e Cell Sorter, 488 nm and 561 nm 100 mW lasers, 4 fluorescence detectors, with S3e Biosafety System Class I
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S3e Cell Sorter, 488 nm and 640 nm 100 mW lasers, 4 fluorescence detectors, with S3e Biosafety System Class I

Accessories

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Pkg of 1, white sheath bottle cap assembly with quick disconnect and inline filter, for use with the S3e Cell Sorter
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Pkg of 1, blue DI water bottle cap assembly with quick disconnect and inline filter, for use with any S3™ or S3e Cell Sorter

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Pkg of 1, empty filter block A with 2 empty dichroic filter holders and 3 retaining rings, for use with any S3 or S3e Cell Sorter

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Pkg of 1, empty filter block B with 2 empty dichroic filter holders and 2 retaining rings, for use with any S3 or S3e Cell Sorter

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Pkg of 1, includes 2 nozzle O-rings and 2 alignment disks, for use with any S3 or S3e Cell Sorter

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Pkg of 1, collection adaptor set, includes 1 right and 1 left holder to accommodate microscope slides and flat bottom 8-tube strips, for use with any S3™ or S3e Cell Sorter
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Pkg of 1, collection adaptor set, includes 1 right and 1 left holder to accommodate low profile 8-tube PCR strips, for use with any S3™ or S3e Cell Sorter
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Pkg of 1, empty dichroic filter holder with retaining ring, for use with any S3 or S3e Cell Sorter

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(Discontinued) S3e™ Accessory Kit
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Accessory kit, includes 100 µm nozzle tip, neutral density filter 1.0, spanner wrench, 2 mm hex driver, 1 ml syringe, O-ring, and alignment disk, for use with any S3 or S3e Cell Sorter

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220–240 V, power conditioner for uninterruptible power supply, protects against power surges and outages, for use with any S3™ or S3e Cell Sorter
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100–120 V, power conditioner for uninterruptible power supply, protects against power surges and outages, for use with any S3™ or S3e Cell Sorter

Consumables

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Pkg of 100, sterile, cup fitting, and disposable cell filters, 30 µm. Used to remove aggregates and to prepare uniform single-cell suspensions from tissue, fluids, plant material, nuclei, etc.
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Pkg of 100, sterile, cup fitting, and disposable cell filters.Used to remove aggregates and to prepare uniform single-cell suspensions from tissue, fluids, plant material, nuclei, etc.
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Pkg of 100, sterile, cup fitting, and disposable cell filters, 70 µm. Used to remove aggregates and to prepare uniform single-cell suspensions from tissue, fluids, plant material, nuclei, etc.
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15 ml (3 x 5 ml), ready-to-use universal fluorescent beads for alignment verification and drop delay determination, for use on any S3™ or S3e™ Cell Sorter

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5 ml (1 x 5 ml), include 3.0–3.4 µm beads dyed with 8 different fluorescent intensities for testing sensitivity and linearity on any S3™ or S3e™ Cell Sorter

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20 L (5 x 4 L), ready-to-use, sterile endotoxin- and preservative-free sheath fluid generates 160 L of 1x solution, for use on any S3 or S3e Cell Sorter

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20 L (5 x 4 L), ready-to-use, sterile endotoxin-free water in gamma-irradiated S3e Fluidic Containers, for use on any S3 or S3e Cell Sorter

Downloads

ProSort™ Software, Version 1.6, PC (Windows 7 Pro and 10)
Version-16-PC-Windows-7-Pro-and-10

S3e Cell Sorter instrument software. Version 1.6, for PC only (Windows 7 Pro and 10).
Installation instructions for existing users:

  • Users on V1.5 can go directly to V1.6 installation
  • Users on V1.4 will download and install V1.5 first (from web), before V1.6 upgrade
  • For all other ProSort versions, please contact Bio-Rad technical support
ProSort™ Software, Version 1.5, PC (Windows 7 Pro and 10)
Version-15-PC-Windows-7-Pro-and-10
S3e Cell Sorter instrument software. Version 1.5, for PC only (Windows 7 Pro and 10).

Documents

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7187
High-Speed Sorting of Rare Cell Subsets with High Purity and Viability Using the S3e Cell Sorter
7074
S3e™ Cell Sorter Flier
[ Add to Cart (Free) ]
6614
S3e™ Cell Sorter Brochure
[ Add to Cart (Free) ]
7261
Top 50 Journal Publications for the S3e Cell Sorter
[ Add to Cart (Free) ]
10032007
S3e™ Cell Sorter Quick Guide
10031105
Instruction Manual, S3™ and S3e™ Cell Sorters
7064
S3e Cell Sorter Laser Configuration Guide
6404
S3e™ Biosafety System Class I Flier
6503
S3e™ Biosafety System Class I Brochure
[ Add to Cart (Free) ]
10030825
ProFlow™ Sort Grade 8x Sheath Fluid Product Insert
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ProFlow™ Sort Grade Water Product Insert
10033040
ProLine™ Rainbow Beads Product Insert
10041517
ProLine™ Universal Calibration Beads Product Insert
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Instruction Manual, S3™ Biosafety System Class I
10041735
S3e™ Filter Block (A or B) with Dichroic Filter Holders Product Insert
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S3e™ Individual Filter Holder Product Insert
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Uncovering Actionable Correlations in Heterogeneous Cell Populations for Drug Discovery and Development
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Sorting Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells with the S3™ Cell Sorter Application Note
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S3e™ Individual Dichroic Filter Holder Product Insert
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Isolation of Stably Transfected Fluorescent Cells with the S3™ Cell Sorter Application Note
6853
Reliable Single-Cell Sorting with Bio-Rad's S3e™ Cell Sorter Application Note
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Discriminating Copy Number Variation from Heterogeneous Samples Using the S3™ Cell Sorter and the QX200™ Droplet Digital™ PCR System Application Note
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S3e Cell Sorter Fluorophore and Dye Compatibility Chart (488 nm laser)
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S3e Cell Sorter Fluorophore and Dye Compatibility Chart (488/561 nm laser)
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S3e Cell Sorter Fluorophore and Dye Compatibility Chart (488/640 nm laser)
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S3e Cell Sorter Fluorophore and Dye Compatibility Chart (405/488/561 nm laser)
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S3e Cell Sorter Fluorophore and Dye Compatibility Chart (405/488/640 nm laser)
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S3e Cell Sorter Fluorophore and Dye Compatibility Chart (488/561/640 nm laser)
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S3e™ Cell Sorter Daily Activities Guide
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Protocol for Single Cell Gene Expression Profiling by Multiplex RT-qPCR
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5 Tips to Secure Funding for a Flow Cytometer or Cell Sorter
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Product Information sheet, ProFlow Cell Filters for Flow Cytometry