[3dem] cleaning grids before freezing

[Bill & Sue Tivol]

On Aug 5, 2014, at 9:27 AM, David Gene Morgan wrote:

> Hi,
>
> 	What are people doing to treat/clean Quantifoil and C-Flat grids  
> before freezing?
>
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Dear David,
	I always glow-discharge for ~1 min and put ~3 uL colloidal gold on  
the grid, then use just after it dries.  If you do not want the gold  
on your grid, omit that step.  When I put the specimen on the grid, I  
check to see if there is a meniscus on both sides.  If so, then the  
specimen has wet the grid and I am confidant that the plunging will  
give me a good distribution with specimen in all the holes.
						Yours,
						Bill



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