[3dem] non aqueous cryoem
Masahide Kikkawa
mkikkawa at gmail.com
Wed Jan 27 16:16:13 PST 2010
Hi,
I don't have the experience of freezing samples in ethanol or propylene glycol, but if solvent contains >10% glycerol, samples are very sensitive to radiation damage.
You will get more specific suggestions what were the problems, such as ice thickness, radiation damage...
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> There is a user in my facility that wants to plunge freeze liposomes for cryoem. The problem is that the solvent composition is not aqueous. It is 33% water, 11% ethanol, 14% glycerol, and 42%
> propylene glycol. Has anyone ever tried something like this or is it even possible? My first attempts didn't work.
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