Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
COLELLA SAMUEL D
   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
FLUIDIGM CORP [FLDM] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
FLUIDIGM CORPORATION, 7000 SHORELINE COURT, SUITE 100		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
12/31/2017
(Street)

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94080		 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 12/28/2017   G V 1,800 D $ 0 51,245 D  
Common Stock 12/31/2017   M   7,848 A $ 0 59,093 D  
Common Stock               5,561 I Colella Family Partners, L.P (1)
Common Stock               53,395 I Colella Family Exempt Marital Deduction Trust dated 9/21/1992
Common Stock               3,326 I Colella Family Non-Exempt Marital Deduction Trust dated 9/21/1992

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)		 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)		 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)		 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Restricted Stock Units (2) 12/31/2017   M     7,848 12/31/2017(3)   (3) Common Stock 7,848 $ 0 0 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
COLELLA SAMUEL D
FLUIDIGM CORPORATION
7000 SHORELINE COURT, SUITE 100
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94080		   X      

Signatures

 /s/ Samuel D. Colella by Nicholas Khadder, Attorney-in-Fact   01/03/2018
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) The shares are held by Colella Family Partners, L.P. ("Colella Partners"). The shares were received in in-kind distributions by Versant Ventures I, LLC, which is the general partner of each of Versant Venture Capital I, L.P., Versant Side Fund I, L.P., Versant Affiliates Fund I-A, L.P. and Versant Affiliates Fund I-B, L.P. (collectively, the "Versant Funds"), on November 4, 2013. The Reporting Person is the General Partner of Colella Partners. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares held by Colella Partners, except to the extent of his proportionate pecuniary interest therein, if any.
(2) Each Restricted Stock Unit represents the contingent right to receive one share of FLDM common stock upon vesting of the unit.
(3) Fifty percent (50%) of the shares underlying the Restricted Stock Units vested on September 30, 2017, and the remaining fifty percent (50%) vested on December 31, 2017.

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