>From [log in to unmask] Thu May 29 08:04:12 1997
Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 18:05:25 -0700 (PDT)
From: Laura Ginkel <[log in to unmask]>
To: Paulette Brunner <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: plastic coverslips


> >
> > I'm a graduate student in Linda Wordeman's lab.  I'm doing a lot of tissue
> > culture with muscle cells that I can trigger to differentiate.  These
> > cells really like to differentiate on the plastic tissue culture plate,
> > but they are more pesky on glass coverslips (which I use for
> > immunofluorescence).  I'm thinking about switching to some form of plastic
> > coverslip instead.  Linda said that one thing to worry about with plastic
> > coverslips is autofluorescence during microscopy.  I was wondering if you
> > knew of any particular brand of plastic coverslip that doesn't have this
> > problem or where it isn't very significant.
> >
> > Thanks very much,
> >
> > Laura Ginkel
> >
> >
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