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Hi Esteban,
You can put them in a 15 or 50ml conical centrifuge tubes filled to the brim 
with buffer, 1 per tube.  There are no surfaces to contact the cells, and 
the aqueous medium cushions abrupt changes in "orientation", i.e. being 
flipped  end for end as it sails across the mailroom.  Make sure there is no 
air left in the tube.
Carl


Carl A. Boswell, Ph.D.
Molecular and Cellular Biology
University of Arizona
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FAX 520-621-3709
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "G. Esteban Fernandez" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 10:31 AM
Subject: Shipping cells on coverslips in 6-well plates


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> Hi all,
>
> A user needs to ship mammalian cells grown on coverslips in 6-well
> plates and fixed with methanol.  Any suggestions on how to do this so
> the cells don't detach during shipping?
>
> Thanks.
>
> -- 
> G. Esteban Fernandez, Ph.D.
>
> Associate Director
> Molecular Cytology Research Core Facility
> University of Missouri-Columbia
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