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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000899243-16-020662
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20160518
FILED AS OF DATE:		20160520
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20160520

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FLUIDIGM CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001162194
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	LABORATORY ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTS [3826]
		IRS NUMBER:				770513190
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		7000 SHORELINE COURT
		STREET 2:		SUITE 100
		CITY:			SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94080
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6502666000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		7000 SHORELINE COURT
		STREET 2:		SUITE 100
		CITY:			SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94080

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			LEE JENNIFER LING
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001675118

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-34180
		FILM NUMBER:		161667597

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O FLUIDIGM CORPORATION
		STREET 2:		7000 SHORELINE COURT SUITE 100
		CITY:			SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94080
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        <issuerName>FLUIDIGM CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>FLDM</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>LEE JENNIFER LING</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>94080</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
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    <footnotes></footnotes>

    <remarks>VICE PRESIDENT, CONTROLLER, AND PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING OFFICER

Exhibit List

Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney</remarks>

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        <signatureName>/s/ William M. Smith, Attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
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<PRE>
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned, as a Section 16 reporting person of Fluidigm Corporation (the
"Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints the officers of the Company and the
responsible attorneys and paralegals of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.,
and each of them, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

      1. complete and execute Forms ID, 3, 4 and 5 and other forms and all
         amendments thereto as such attorney-in-fact shall in his or her
         discretion determine to be required or advisable pursuant to Section 16
         of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended) and the rules and
         regulations promulgated thereunder, or any successor laws and
         regulations, as a consequence of the undersigned's ownership,
         acquisition or disposition of securities of the Company; and

      2. do all acts necessary in order to file such forms with the Securities
         and Exchange Commission, any securities exchange or national
         association, the Company and such other person or agency as the
         attorney-in-fact shall deem appropriate.

   The undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorney-in-fact
and agents shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.  The undersigned
acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in- fact, in serving in such capacity
at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company
assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended).

   This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms ID, 3, 4 and 5 with respect to
the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered
to the Company and the foregoing attorney-in-fact.

   IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 18th day of May, 2016.



                                       Signature:   /s/ Jennifer Lee
                                                    -----------------------
                                                    Jennifer Lee



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