April 28, 2017
VIA EDGAR
Division of Corporation Finance
U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
| Attention: | Amanda Ravitz |
| Brian Soares |
| Re: | Fluidigm Corporation | |||||
| Registration Statement on Form S-3 | ||||||
| Originally filed March 8, 2017, as amended on April 28, 2017 | ||||||
| File No. 333-216542 | ||||||
| Acceleration Request | ||||||
| Requested Date: | May 2, 2017 | |||||
| Requested Time: | 4:00 P.M. Eastern Time | |||||
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Fluidigm Corporation (the “Company”) hereby requests that the above-referenced Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-216542) (as amended, the “Registration Statement”) be declared effective at the “Requested Date” and “Requested Time” set forth above or at such later time as the Company or its counsel may orally request via telephone call to the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Once the Registration Statement has been declared effective, please orally confirm that event with our counsel, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation, by calling Robert F. Kornegay at (858) 350-2389.
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| Sincerely, |
| FLUIDIGM CORPORATION |
| /s/ Nicholas Khadder |
| Nicholas Khadder |
| General Counsel |
| cc: | Stephen Christopher Linthwaite, President and Chief Executive Officer, Fluidigm Corporation |
| Robert F. Kornegay, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation |