I’ve heard of labs making there own,
using the coverslips with the metal rings, but I’ve never know anyone to
reuse the dishes. I just need something more concrete to tell the PI other then
‘your cells look funny to me” : (
Thx for all of the input.
From: Confocal
Microscopy List [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Kristi DeCourcy
Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2009
4:26 PM
To:
[hidden email]
Subject: Re: Mattek dishes
Actually, if the user is that...frugal, we used to make our own dishes.
All it takes is petris, a small drill press, glass coverslips, and glue.
The only thing to be careful about it that you smooth down the drilled edges of
the petri, so that the coverslip is flat against the dish bottom when you glue
it.
And I still remember my joyous reaction to the discovery that I could
buy the same thing from Mattek!
Kristi
Has anyone ever reused Mattek dishes? I have a user who is trying to save some money and is cleaning their dishes with a detergent, rinsing and exposing to UV light. The cells look "funny' to me in that I can't seem to get a crisp image. Does anyone have any experience with reusing dishes?
Thx!
Mary
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Virginia Tech
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