MA900 Multi-Application Cell Sorter by Sony Biotechnology

"The instrument is very user friendly. The wizards are nice and takes the user through the application step by step. It would be nice if the compensation wizard prompted the user to look at the fully stained sample before recording but the rest of it is good. Users love the the manual compensation button and the arrow that allows one to correct compensation with ease. The results are reproducible and the template feature is great. Saving experiments for archiving is proving to be a challenge as a core facility though"

"Very user friendly, application software is amazingly simple, and anyone can learn very quickly, and the software will tell you what to do next. the sorting quality is exceptionally good and RNA quality is great. I have sorted many times and for RNA-seq and results are fairly good. I recommend this machine."

"The Sony's MA900 cell sorter is always reliable for clean, accurate, and efficient cell sorting. We have three of them in our lab along with 3 other SH800s. They're perfect for all applications our users have in our lab and super easy to use. Data is always reliable and reproducible."

"I used and am using this sorter machine. It is a very user friendly machine and life becomes very easy with this sorter. It has step by step instruction while running, I like this."

"What do you look for in a cell sorter? Ease of use - yes! Intuitive software - yes! Automated setup and calibrations - that would be nice - yes! Instrument stability - yes! Reproducible results - yes! Consumables, instrument price and service cost - yes! The Sony MA900 cell sorter checks all these boxes. In today's world with all the COVID restrictions, I've been able to easily train new users remotely on how to use the MA900. The software is intuitive, the sort chip and sort drop delay calibrations are fully automated processes. The results obtained have been of very high quality and very reproducible. Users new to the field of flow cytometry can be easily trained and sort on their own in a very short time. Sorting into multi-well plates is easily done and compensation can be automated or performed manually. The only bad things I can say about are 1) the sort chips are only good a for 24 hour period and 2) there is no batch analysis report - you have to create a report for one sample at a time."

"Very reproducible results, extremely easy to use given the built-in workflows. Students seldom ask me about how to use it. It's great!"

"Easy and great results. Highly recommended for research use."

"Automatic setup is the best feature. I love it, I don't need to be an experienced operator, the MA900 always give me a perfect sort."

"It enables high-quality results and is user-friendly to operate. "