The million-dollar technology will usher in an advanced generation of a research technique known as flow cytometry, which uses lasers to count and analyse specific properties of individual cells.<\/p>\n The\u00a0Symphony A5.2<\/em>\u00a0flow cytometry machine is more powerful than previous models. It can count tens of thousands of cells per second and measure up to 50 different characteristics of a single cell.<\/p>\n Flow cytometry is widely used to diagnose health conditions, particularly diseases of the blood like leukaemia, and will benefit researchers in areas such as kidney and liver disease, autoimmune disorders and cancer research.<\/p>\n WIMR\u2019s flow cytometry advanced specialist, Suat Dervish, said that some of the best medical research minds would benefit from this new technology.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s exciting that the Westmead Institute is the first place in the world to be working with this state-of-the art technology,\u201d Mr Dervish said.<\/p>\n It\u2019s exciting that the Westmead Institute is the first place in the world to be working with this state-of-the art technology.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u201cIt is an important addition to our suite of world class scientific research platforms here at the Institute.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Symphony A5.2 is more sensitive and more powerful than our previous flow cytometry equipment, and will allow researchers from a broad range of research disciplines to get highly specific information about individual cells.<\/p>\n \u201cThis new technology will allow high resolution data to be collected about individual cells, and it will ultimately lead to better clinical diagnostics and therapeutic outcomes.<\/p>\n \u201cThis new machine will benefit researchers across the entire Westmead precinct, including the Children\u2019s Medical Research Institute and the Kid\u2019s Research Institute,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n The process of flow cytometry works by having cells from tissues or blood suspended in a liquid, and then passing the suspended cells through a high-powered laser beam that detects the specific property of each cell.<\/p>\n The equipment was installed in August, and the first researchers commenced using the machine this month.<\/p>\n Dr Min Hu from WIMR\u2019s islet transplantation team was the first researcher to use this new technology.<\/p>\n She uses the equipment to measure cells in the immune system following pancreatic islet transplants to treat type 1 diabetes.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ll use this latest technology to help see changes in cell populations in a patient\u2019s immune system to assess whether they\u2019re at risk of transplant rejection,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n This new flow cytometry equipment was made possible thanks to grants from the Cancer Institute NSW, University of Sydney, and the National Health and Medical Research Council.<\/p>\n A world first technology at the Westmead Institute will advance life-changing medical research and cement WIMR at the forefront of medical research in Australia. A world first technology at the Westmead Institute for Medical Research (WIMR) will advance life-changing medical research and cement WIMR at the forefront of medical research in Australia. 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