[3dem] Grid boxes for less ice contamination

[Grigory Sharov]

Is it difficult to have the slot of the transparent lid pre-painted so one
can see which slot is open? Or do you have to paint every box with a marker?

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Best regards,
Grigory

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On Thu, Feb 10, 2022 at 10:03 AM Picenoni Armin <
armin.picenoni at mol.biol.ethz.ch> wrote:

> Dear colleagues,
>
> In the past, we had several complaints about the grid boxes available on
> the market. Having to remove the lid completely to access a single grid
> brings a certain risk for all other stored grids. And needing different
> grid boxes for clipped and unclipped grids is more expensive and requires
> more organization to stock them. It also limits your storage capacity,
> especially since most can only fit four grids. Handling fib milled grids
> with pointed tweezers can damage lamellae, and although broader-tipped
> tweezers help, it’s impossible to take grids out of the boxes with them. We
> also often found the contrast poor with the currently available grid boxes.
>
> A year and a half ago, we developed grid boxes ourselves to eliminate all
> these problems. The new boxes became very popular in the institute and
> recently other universities have also asked for them. We have now created
> a little website to share them with the cryo-em community. If you’re
> interested, visit mygridbox.com.
>
> Hope it helps!
>
> Kind Regards
> Armin Picenoni
>
>
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