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  • 1.  Levicell from Levitas Bio for live/dead cell separation

    Posted 11-06-2023 11:43

    Does anyone use the Levicell for live/dead cell separation? We had a demo for a week and saw improvements in viability from 50%-80%. We have a high number of samples with low viability that just don't have enough cells to sort or use a bead based live/dead kit. I think the Levicell could rescue some of these samples that we often need to load at less than 50% viability.

    What are other cores doing for live/dead separation on low input samples? Are there alternatives to the Levicell? 



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    Heidi Monroe
    Managing Director
    Single Cell Core
    University of Pittsburgh
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  • 2.  RE: Levicell from Levitas Bio for live/dead cell separation

    Posted 11-07-2023 09:29

    Hi Heidi,

    We're looking to demo that platform soon too. It sounds like the viability was improved for your samples. How was the recovery? 

    Rachael



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    Rachael Sheridan
    Van Andel Institute
    Grand Rapids MI
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  • 3.  RE: Levicell from Levitas Bio for live/dead cell separation

    Posted 11-07-2023 11:07

    Live cell recovery was between 40-80%. We had higher recovery when we started with more cells (>500k).



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    Heidi Monroe
    Managing Director
    Single Cell Core
    University of Pittsburgh
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  • 4.  RE: Levicell from Levitas Bio for live/dead cell separation

    Posted 11-07-2023 09:49

    Yes we have one here in the ICBR. We are currently evaluating effectiveness in enriching for live cells in scRNASeq.

     

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    Associate Director for Science

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  • 5.  RE: Levicell from Levitas Bio for live/dead cell separation

    Posted 11-07-2023 10:15
    I'm happy to be convinced otherwise, but I'm not sold on the Levicell right now. I'm unsure about the performance i.e. percentage of dead cell removal, cell loss, and range of samples it can handle. But my reservation is mostly with the fact that this is a one trick pony - I don't know that it does anything but remove dead cells. The minute another group comes in with a better dead cell removal solution, the Levicell box won't have a much of a purpose anymore.

    We have a MACSQuant Tyto which has been working great the few times we were asked to clean up dead cells from a sample. The price tag is vastly different to purchase the instrument of course, but not so much once the box is in your lab.

    Again, happy to be proven wrong on this one!

    Cheers!
     
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    Cytometry and Antibody Technology Facility
    University of Chicago
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    Chicago, IL 60637
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  • 6.  RE: Levicell from Levitas Bio for live/dead cell separation

    Posted 11-07-2023 10:22

    Yes! This is also a concern. The system is inherently limited in what features it will be able to use for cleanup/enrichment. I know they're working on some bead enrichment reagents to help, but it's not as flexible. I wish the Tyto weren't so much more expensive though.  Is anyone using one of the other microfluidic sort platforms for cleanup?

    rachael 



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    Rachael Sheridan
    Van Andel Institute
    Grand Rapids MI
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  • 7.  RE: Levicell from Levitas Bio for live/dead cell separation

    Posted 11-07-2023 11:10

    Do you know the lower limit of the Tyto? We run some very limited samples (under 20,000 cells) with no good solution for dead cell removal, and increase risk of clog on the 10X.



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    Heidi Monroe
    Managing Director
    Single Cell Core
    University of Pittsburgh
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  • 8.  RE: Levicell from Levitas Bio for live/dead cell separation

    Posted 11-07-2023 11:21
    Right, I don't think the Tyto won't work for you with 20 000 cells. The volume would need to be high enough so that you don't run through it in seconds, but then your concentration may be too low to actually have enough events to see what's going on. That's my best guess, but you should double-check with a Miltenyi service rep.

    Another option may be a single cell deposition platform like the Nodexus NX One?

    David Leclerc, Director

    Cytometry and Antibody Technology Facility
    University of Chicago
    BSLC R020
    924 E 57th St
    Chicago, IL 60637
    Office: 773.702.5582
    Lab: 773.702.9212


    Thank you for your support of the CAT Facility.
    Please remember to reference us in your publications. 






  • 9.  RE: Levicell from Levitas Bio for live/dead cell separation

    Posted 11-08-2023 09:59

    Heidi,

    You may want to check with Dave Adams from the BRCF Flow Cytometry Core. They have a Tyto. 

    Claudia Lalancette, PhD

    Managing Director Epigenomics Core

    BRCF University of Michigan Medicine



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    Claudia Lalancette
    Managing Director
    University of Michigan Health Systems
    Ann Arbor MI
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