{"id":3120,"date":"2020-04-06T09:35:58","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T13:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/flowcytometry\/?page_id=3120"},"modified":"2026-04-08T16:28:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T20:28:47","slug":"analyzers-cytek-aurora","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/flowcytometry\/instrumentation\/analyzers\/analyzers-cytek-aurora\/","title":{"rendered":"Cytek Aurora"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/6801\/t\/22\/assets\/aurora-product.jpg?v=14629634878471729345\" alt=\"Image of the Cytek Aurora cytometer and workstation\" width=\"1429\" height=\"603\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"athena-description\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">The Cytek Aurora is equipped with 5 lasers (355nm, 405nm, 488nm, 561nm and 640nm), 3 scatter channels and has 64 fluorescence channels. Its acquisition and analysis software is SpectroFlo<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Software. It is equipped with a plate reader for 96 well plates. The Aurora is located in the basement of Marsico Hall- <strong>B018<\/strong>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Samples containing viable BSL-2 agents (or samples that could contain such agents but whose status is unknown) may be run on the Aurora.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"nav nav-tabs oscitas-bootstrap-container yourcustomclass\" id=\"unc-tab-0\" role=\"tablist\">\n\n    \n        \n            <li class=\"active oscitas-bootstrap-container nav-tab-list-item\" role=\"tab\" aria-selected=\"true\">\n\n                    \n            <a role=\"button\" class=\" oscitas-bootstrap-container nav-tab-button\" href=\"#tabs-0-0\" data-toggle=\"tab\">\n\n            Optical Layout\n            <\/a>\n\n        <\/li>\n\n    \n        \n            <li role=\"tab\" class=\"nav-tab-list-item\" aria-selected=\"false\">\n\n                    \n            <a role=\"button\" class=\" oscitas-bootstrap-container nav-tab-button\" href=\"#tabs-0-1\" data-toggle=\"tab\">\n\n            User Training Guide\n            <\/a>\n\n        <\/li>\n\n    \n        \n            <li role=\"tab\" class=\"nav-tab-list-item\" aria-selected=\"false\">\n\n                    \n            <a role=\"button\" class=\" oscitas-bootstrap-container nav-tab-button\" href=\"#tabs-0-2\" data-toggle=\"tab\">\n\n            Quick Start\n            <\/a>\n\n        <\/li>\n\n    \n<\/ul>\n\n<div class=\"tab-content\">\n\n    \n        <div role=\"tabpanel\" class=\"tab-pane active oscitas-bootstrap-container\" id=\"tabs-0-0\">\n        \n            \nSee the Optical Layout here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/flowcytometry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1450\/2020\/04\/Aurora-Configuration.pdf\">Aurora Configuration<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For Panel Design help, contact Core staff, try <a href=\"https:\/\/easypanel-v2.flow-cytometry.net\/login\">EasyPanel<\/a>, or the <a href=\"https:\/\/cloud.cytekbio.com\/newlogin\">Cytek Cloud<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/spectrum.cytekbio.com\/\">Cytek Full Spectrum Viewer<\/a> will help quick view your panel. For a more in-depth evaluation of your panel, use Cytek Cloud and contact staff.<br \/>\n\n        <\/div>\n\n    \n        <div role=\"tabpanel\" class=\"tab-pane  oscitas-bootstrap-container\" id=\"tabs-0-1\">\n        \n            \n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/flowcytometry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1450\/2025\/10\/Aurora-Training-Guide.pdf\">Aurora-Training-Guide<\/a>. Last Updated 08\/21\/2025. \n        <\/div>\n\n    \n        <div role=\"tabpanel\" class=\"tab-pane  oscitas-bootstrap-container\" id=\"tabs-0-2\">\n        \n            \nClick image below to enlarge:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4008\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 611px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/flowcytometry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1450\/2022\/05\/Aurora-Quick-Guide.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4008 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/flowcytometry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1450\/2022\/05\/Aurora-Quick-Guide-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Quick start guide to the Aurora schematic.\" width=\"601\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/flowcytometry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1450\/2022\/05\/Aurora-Quick-Guide-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/flowcytometry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1450\/2022\/05\/Aurora-Quick-Guide-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/flowcytometry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1450\/2022\/05\/Aurora-Quick-Guide-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/flowcytometry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1450\/2022\/05\/Aurora-Quick-Guide-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/flowcytometry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1450\/2022\/05\/Aurora-Quick-Guide.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Quick start guide to the Aurora schematic. The Quick Start Guide summarizes the stages, and key steps within each stage detailed in the User training guide. Particularly the Guide suggests the essential steps for performing the daily instrument Start-up and QC. Then continues on how to set-up an acquisition experiment, record, unmix and export flow data. Finally the guide details the steps for cleaning and end of day shutdown. More detailed information is available in the Aurora User Training guide.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n        <\/div>\n\n    \n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The Cytek Aurora is equipped with 5 lasers (355nm, 405nm, 488nm, 561nm and 640nm), 3 scatter channels and has 64 fluorescence channels. Its acquisition and analysis software is SpectroFlo\u00ae Software. It is equipped with a plate reader for 96 well plates. The Aurora is located in the basement of Marsico Hall- B018. Samples containing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/flowcytometry\/instrumentation\/analyzers\/analyzers-cytek-aurora\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Cytek Aurora\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41105,"featured_media":0,"parent":2246,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-3120","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"_links_to":[],"_links_to_target":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/flowcytometry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/flowcytometry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/flowcytometry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/flowcytometry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41105"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/flowcytometry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3120"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/flowcytometry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4575,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/flowcytometry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3120\/revisions\/4575"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/flowcytometry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/flowcytometry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}