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On 6/30/2014 4:33 PM, B. Prabhakar Pandian wrote:
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> Hello,
>              Can anyone suggest well plates with low background for 
> fluorescent studies.

Most glass bottom plates should be pretty low background. You can 
further decrease the background by filling the wells with sterile 
filtered 0.1 M NaOH overnight and then rinsing extensively with 0.2 um 
filtered water.  We have a list of plate suppliers on our wiki page: 
http://nic.ucsf.edu/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=imaging_dishes

Best,
Kurt

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