Welcome, new users!

This page was designed for people new to FlowJo to answer some of the most common questions people have. Please click on a question below to see the answer.

What is FlowJo ?
What are the software/hardware requirements for FlowJo?
How do I get FlowJo?
How do I activate my FlowJo demo?
How can I buy FlowJo?
How do I learn FlowJo?

What is FlowJo ?
FlowJo is a scientific analysis program for flow cytometric data. Flow cytometry is the study of properties of suspended particles in a liquid. FlowJo is powerful enough to perform comprehensive analyses of thousands of samples simultaneously.

Built into FlowJo are a wide array of visualization and gating tools, special platforms for kinetics, cell cycle analysis, quantitation and compensation. FlowJo produces the best publication quality charting available and introduces new technologies for presenting and publishing new data via the web.

What are the software/hardware requirements for FlowJo?
FlowJo for Macintosh requires a Power PC processor, running OS9.2, Jaguar, Panther or Tiger with at least 128MB RAM and a USB port.
FlowJo for Windows requires a Pentium class or higher processor, running Windows 2000 or Windows XP, with at least 512MB RAM and a USB port.
The amount of samples FlowJo can open depends on how much memory is installed.

How do I get FlowJo?
FlowJo can be downloaded (PC, Mac). If our webiste is down, you can request a free CD by calling 800 366 6045 or 541 201 0022. More contact info here. You can use the software free of charge for 30 days if you register.

How do I activate my FlowJo demo?
Activating your FlowJo demo means you'll be able to use your own data for analysis. Unactivated demos will only let users work with our tutorial data. To activate your license, please fill out and submit the request form and a serial number will be sent to your email address.
PC users will open the FlowJo preferences (edit menu item, preferences, look in the lower left for a field labeled "serial number").
Mac users will open the "about flowjo" dialog from the apple menu, click "enter new serial number", paste the serial number from your email there, and click "use serial number".

How can I buy FlowJo?
If you think FlowJo is right for you, you can by all means buy it. Our pricing is here. We only discount prices for Universities (30%) and software resellers (10%).
You can order FlowJo online with a credit card or a PO (USA) or fax your order in, or call it in (contact info)

How do I learn FlowJo?
A good place to start is with the tutorials. The basic tutorial teaches you basic FlowJo operations, such as adding sample data files, graphing them, and creating simple layouts. The advanced tutorial is longer and addresses complex analysis needs and batching.

Last updated 10-11-05