Flow Cytometry and Sorting Myron R. Melamed Tore Lindmo Mortimer L. Mendelsohn Wiley-Liss, New York, 1994 ISBN 0-471-56235-1 39 Chapters, 820 Pages, Indexed

Short Summary

This text is perhaps the best known comprehensive document available in flow cytometry. In its 2nd edition, (the first edition was published in 1979) it simply is regarded as the bible of flow cytometry. This 800 page plus book is truly a comprehensive text and is a great starting and often finishing place for information about flow cytometry. Just about every area is dealt with and the range of authors is impressive. It is one of the few texts that has detailed information about sorting (as suggested in the title) and the particular areas where sorting provides unique advantages to flow cytometry. The text is divided into 8 parts, each with several chapters. These are:

• Introduction
• Cytophysical Methods
• Cell Preparation
• Cytochemical Methods
• Analysis of Measurements
• Cell Biology
• Hematology and Immunology
• Applications in Oncology

I suspect that there will never be as comprehensive a book as this one again. Not having this volume on your shelf is analagous to having a CD player, but no CDs!