[3dem] floating EM grids
Vladan Lucic
vladan at biochem.mpg.de
Thu Sep 9 06:25:02 PDT 2010
Hi Roman,
We wash grids in EtOH (for 10 min or so), coat with polylysine, wash in H2O
and then transfer them to culture dishes. This procedure works fine for us
(Quantifoils or lacies, typically NH2A finders). Floating during transport
happens very rarely.
Hope this helps,
Vladan
Vladan Lucic, PhD
Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry
Am Klopferspitz 18
D-82152 Martinsried, Germany
Phone: +49 89 8578-2647
Fax: +49 89 8578-2641
On Wednesday 08 September 2010 11:41:27 R.I.Koning at lumc.nl wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> We regularly grow cells on EM grids and have the problem that these
> grids have the tendency to float during culture or transport.
> Does anybody have similar experience and more important do you know any
> tricks to keep these grids on the bottom?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Roman
>
> Roman I. Koning, Ph.D.
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