<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001162194-19-000029.txt : 20190502
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001162194-19-000029
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20190430
FILED AS OF DATE:		20190502
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20190502

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			McCracken Colin
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001775380

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-34180
		FILM NUMBER:		19793230

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O FLUIDIGM CORPORATION
		STREET 2:		7000 SHORELINE COURT, SUITE 100
		CITY:			SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94080

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
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    <periodOfReport>2019-04-30</periodOfReport>

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        <issuerName>FLUIDIGM CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>FLDM</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>McCracken Colin</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O FLUIDIGM CORPORATION</rptOwnerStreet1>
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            <rptOwnerCity>SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>94080</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Chief Commercial Officer</officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
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    <nonDerivativeTable></nonDerivativeTable>

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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Restricted Stock Units</value>
            </securityTitle>
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            <expirationDate>
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            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>41564.0</value>
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                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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        <footnote id="F1">25% of the Restricted Stock Units vest on May 20, 2020, and the remaining Restricted Stock Units vest in twelve equal quarterly increments thereafter.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Each Restricted Stock Unit represents the contingent right to receive one share of FLDM common stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The Restricted Stock Units vest in full on June 10, 2019.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Colin McCracken by Nicholas Khadder, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2019-05-02</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
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<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY - COLIN MCCRACKEN
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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 26th day of April, 2019.


Signature:  /s/ Colin McCracken
Colin McCracken
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