Re: Cheap or free sources of cells

[Leslie Bosseler]

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Hi!

Perhaps you could cut thin slices of meat or spread some banana (or any other
fruit or veg) on a slide?

You could of course also leave some food out of the fridge and look at beautiful
fungi.. :)

Good luck!
Leslie

[Christian-103]

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I wouldn't suggest plant cells to test anything.  That darn cell wall makes permeabilization an issue, also the physiology is very different than animal cells, making many dies useless.

I am interested in the gold fish in a glass bit though!  Maybe we can get more information on that?  If they're casting off cells, there is no stress to the animal, and fewer holes in people's fingers.

Thanks.

Christian

[Boswell, Carl A - (cboswell)]

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I once saw a fabulous preparation of dried salami, sliced with a microtome
and stained with standard H&E.  It was done for a pathology course and the
muscle and fat tissue were very well preserved.  Of course the objective was
to identify the tissue, and the confounding factor was bits of plant
material (onion and garlic) mixed in.  Might be more complicated than what
you are looking for, though.

c

Carl A. Boswell, Ph.D.
Molecular and Cellular Biology
University of Arizona
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Subject: Re: Cheap or free sources of cells


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Hi!

Perhaps you could cut thin slices of meat or spread some banana (or any
other
fruit or veg) on a slide?

You could of course also leave some food out of the fridge and look at
beautiful
fungi.. :)

Good luck!
Leslie