cytometry and microscopy
Data files FCS and image metadata
Which FCS keywords and image metadata fields to require so a cytometer run or a micrograph can be reopened and checked later.
8 October 2026 · 7 min read
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metadata
Articles tagged metadata. Tags group methods across clusters so a technique can be found from more than one route.
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gene expression
Sample naming so a bioinformatics file matches the freezer
A naming scheme that keeps freezer tubes, metadata sheets and bioinformatics columns on the same sample, including labels that survive humidity.
8 October 2026 · 10 min read
cytometry and microscopy
Scale bars and what an image can claim
How a calibrated scale bar, a linear lookup table and an unsaturated image decide what a research fluorescence figure may claim.
8 October 2026 · 7 min read