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    Hi Sacha and <font size="2">Bradford,</font><br>
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    This is our version of the pentylamine treatment:<br>
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    <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28580914">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28580914</a><br>
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    Certainly it should be done with suitable precautions...<br>
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    Best wishes<br>
    <br>
    Paula<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 03/07/2019 21:33, Sacha De Carlo
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      Oui :)
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      <div>That’s the original but there more recent protocols maybe by
        Harris, with step by step procedures. </div>
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      <div>Though the chemicals are poison and may not be used anymore;
        found on researchgate:</div>
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            style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">"pentylamine or
            iso-amylamine" technique developed by Dubochet for the
            protein-free spreading of DNA was substituted, because these
            amines are poisons, with two others: by Robley Williams,
            1977 ("poly lysine technique", this is mentioned above) and
            by Keller (''BAC technique", Vollenweider HJ, Sogo JM,
            Koller T. A routine method for protein-free spreading of
            double- and single-stranded nucleic acid molecules. Proc
            Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1975 Jan;72(1):83-7.). Both last
            methods work well and reproducibly. </span></div>
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            style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Good luck.</span></div>
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          On 3 Jul 2019, at 22:23, SCHMUTZ Marc (ICS) <<a
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              <div>You mean that paper Sacha ?</div>
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              <div><b>De: </b>"Sacha De Carlo" <<a
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                <b>À: </b>"Ross, Bradford" <<a
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                <b>Envoyé: </b>Mercredi 3 Juillet 2019 22:09:02<br>
                <b>Objet: </b>Re: [3dem] How to make grids positively
                charged during or after        glow discharge.<br>
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              <div>You would need to read the old classics by people
                trying to look at dna in negative staining: look for old
                protocols using pentylamine (if I find them, I will
                share them with you) but I’m sure there are some review
                papers too. <br>
                <div>Best</div>
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                    On 3 Jul 2019, at 20:06, Ross, Bradford <<a
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                        <p>Hello Everyone,</p>
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                        <p>I'm currently trying to image some lipid
                          nanoparticles which have a positive charge on
                          their outer surface. Of course, since normal
                          glow discharge treatment typically yields a
                          negative charge on the grids, the particles
                          are all sticking to the lacey carbon support
                          instead of remaining suspended in the vitreous
                          ice layer.</p>
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                        <p>I have heard that Magnesium Acetate can be
                          used to switch the charge from negative to
                          positive after glow discharging, but can't
                          seem to find any protocols for exactly how to
                          treat the grids with it.
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                        <p>Does anyone have a protocol for the use of
                          Magnesium Acetate, or any other suggestions on
                          how to flip the surface charge of the grids to
                          positive? Or other creative solutions I'm not
                          thinking of?<br>
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                        <p>Cheers,<br>
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