<div dir="ltr">While I don't know anything about the holder, I find the name "Elsa" a bit humorous. For anyone with young kids who has watched the movie Frozen, you know that Elsa does two things: (1) She turns everything she touches to solid ice, and (2) She always wants to "let it go." Both of those things are undesirable for cryo holders! :-)<br><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="m_-6433392509370616762gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:22.049999237060547px"><div dir="ltr"><font size="2">----<br><b>Benjamin Bammes</b></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 3, 2018 at 9:21 PM, jamonshi <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jamonshi@gmail.com" target="_blank">jamonshi@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
  
    
  
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    <p>Our local sales says</p>
    <p>"<span lang="EN-US">Gatan has not shipped any production 698 Elas
        holder yet. The holders won’t start shipping until March of
        2018. Gatan cannot discover where they tested the holder, as
        that is not a complete product and the development is
        confidential." <br>
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    Cheers,<br>
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        <div>I haven't seen any responses to this, but we are also
          curious about if anyone has purchased or tested an Elsa Cryo
          transfer holder and their opinion about it - particularly, if
          folks have been able to get high resolution data with it. </div>
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        <div>thanks</div>
        <div>Liz Montabana</div>
        <div>Donner Labs, LBNL</div>
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        <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 4:54 AM,
          Anastasia Gazi <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:anadegaz@gmail.com" target="_blank">anadegaz@gmail.com</a>></span>
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              <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span>Hello all,</span></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span>We are considering the purchase of
                  an Elsa Cryo transfer holder Model 698 from Gatan. It
                  is looking great on paper with its centrosymmetric
                  design, extended hold time to 8h and everything but I
                  am wondering if someone has already experience with
                  it. Either with the standard profile holder or with
                  the ultra-low one. <br>
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              <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span>Thank you for your help, </span></p>
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                  Anastasia D. Gazi, PhD.<br>
                  Ultrastructural BioImaging unit,<br>
                  Départment de Biologie cellulaire et infection,<br>
                  Institut Pasteur<br>
                  28, rue du Dr. Roux<br>
                  75015 PARIS<br>
                  FRANCE</span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span><a href="mailto:agazi@pasteur.fr" target="_blank">agazi@pasteur.fr</a></span></p>
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