[3dem] Any SubAngstrom storage system users?

[Marta Carroni]

Hi Toby
we also use the Subangstrom system  and we are very happy with it. We find them very safe precisely because the magnets that hold the pucks are very strong. It is basically impossible to drop other people's pucks while you take yours in and out.  Only as pointed out it can require some force to place/take a puck and the long tweezers provided with the system are too long and they brake. But you can buy cheap short tweezers from amazon for it. 
Very handy also to ship samples to other facilities :)
Cheers
Marta

Marta Carroni, SciLifeLab
CryoEM Sweden
Tomtebodavägen 23 A, gamma2 
17165, Solna
Sweden
Tel +468161013
Tel +46720181462






> On May 25, 2018, at 4:58 PM, Reza Khayat <rkhayat at ccny.cuny.edu> wrote:
> 
> Hi Toby,
>  
> We have the SubAngstrom storage system and are quite happy with it.  Cleaned up the dewar and got rid of all those fishing lines.
>  
> Best wishes,
> Reza
>  
> Reza Khayat, PhD
> Assistant Professor
> Department of Chemistry
> City College of New York
> 85 Saint Nicholas Terrace, CDI 2.318
> New York, NY 10031
> http://www.khayatlab.org/ <http://www.khayatlab.org/>
> 212-650-6070
>  
> From: 3dem [mailto:3dem-bounces at ncmir.ucsd.edu <mailto:3dem-bounces at ncmir.ucsd.edu>] On Behalf Of Mariena Silvestry Ramos
> Sent: Friday, May 25, 2018 10:55 AM
> To: Toby Starborg <tobias.starborg at manchester.ac.uk <mailto:tobias.starborg at manchester.ac.uk>>; 3dem at ncmir.ucsd.edu <mailto:3dem at ncmir.ucsd.edu>
> Subject: Re: [3dem] Any SubAngstrom storage system users?
>  
> Hi Toby, 
>  
> We have at least one user at our facility who's purchased the system. I like that there's more room/space to maneuver than if you have a conical tube with 10 grid boxes and have a user who labels everything in the faintest shade of blue and makes the box unreadable to my aging eyes. It can sometimes be a wee painful to fish out the box you want when you're under LN2, but once your eyes adjust to having both the LN2 and the plastic lid there, you can generally move things around is some ease which I do with the big tweezers. I second the opinion that if you have access to a machine shop, have them make a prototype and test it. In the long run it may be more cost-effective and/or easier to modify if/as needed. 
>  
> Best, 
>  
> Mariena 
> From: 3dem <3dem-bounces at ncmir.ucsd.edu <mailto:3dem-bounces at ncmir.ucsd.edu>> on behalf of Toby Starborg <tobias.starborg at manchester.ac.uk <mailto:tobias.starborg at manchester.ac.uk>>
> Sent: Friday, May 25, 2018 5:52:39 AM
> To: 3dem at ncmir.ucsd.edu <mailto:3dem at ncmir.ucsd.edu>
> Subject: [3dem] Any SubAngstrom storage system users?
>  
> Dear cryo-EM users,
> 
> I'm wondering if anyone has experience using the SubAngstrom grid 
> storage system?  I'm looking for both positive and negative feedback, 
> but if you don't want to post directly to the list, feel free to email 
> me directly.
> 
> 
> Thank you for any information that you may have.
> 
> 
> Toby S
> 
> 
> (I don't know whether I'm allowed to post links to company websites as 
> it may be seen as advertising, but the system is seen here: 
> https://subangstrom.com/ <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__subangstrom.com_&d=DwMFAg&c=4NmamNZG3KTnUCoC6InoLJ6KV1tbVKrkZXHRwtIMGmo&r=1DzJFW0v6TgEhkW1gy_-ke-RbtvS1fzEbD5_hcb9Up0&m=zKn7Juqz9LBVG_d3AUz5CCfltmXxdGez723ceBZTDgA&s=zMX52K4YPrwmi34j2x_aicrcR2XQ8pznGNPVthxutsA&e=>).
> 
> -- 
> Dr Tobias Starborg
> Senior Experimental Officer: 3DEM
> Wellcome Centre for Cell Matrix Research
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