Re: Pollen grain

Posted by Michael Cammer on
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Different pollen have different spectra.
-mc

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>> I also keep one of the pollen grain slides in the confocal room. When a
>> user
>> says that there's something wrong with the scope, I ask them if they've
>> checked
>> will the pollen slide. Since they inevitably haven't, I tell them to do
>> that
>> first, and then come back if there's a problem with the microscope.
>> Amazingly,
>> they rarely return.
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> This is  interesting, do pollen's have nice excitation-emission
> properties?
> Do they have specific peaks or just broad excitation and emission? What
> would be the underlying biological organelle/molecule responsible for
> autofluorescence?
>
> Cheers
> Shalin
>
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>> Kristi DeCourcy
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