Flow cytometry instrumentation developer Kinetic River Corp. has received a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Laser beam (blue) excites fluorescence (green) in a sample flowing within a microchannel. Detection filters (red) separate the collected fluorescence emission light. Courtesy of Kinetic River Corp. 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