Somebody really needs to hurry up and invent a molecular beam transporter you know like the one on Star Trek. Then we could just send our crystals wherever we want it that way. Sorry rough day in the lab. But if we could do that, we probably wouldn't need to solve structures anymore anyway. I have used the sponge in the reservoir method to carry trays on an airplane and it seemed to work. Laurie On Jul 2, 2014 5:18 PM, "Pamela J Focia" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Another thing I always did when traveling with trays was pack them > surrounded by ‘blue Ice’ packets (or the equivalent) equilibrated at the > same temperature at which the trays have grown. It prevents the trays from > moving around in the transport box (I used a small plastic Coleman cooler > with a handle), and also provides a buffer against any temperature changes > during transport. > > -pam > > > On Jul 2, 2014, at 4:07 PM, Gloria Borgstahl <[email protected]> > wrote: > > You can prevent them from falling off by also > removing 5 microliter or so of mother liquor from the drop and > repositioning it back over the reservoir > > > On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 3:38 PM, Patrick Loll <[email protected]> wrote: > >> You can cut a small piece of sponge and put that into the reservoir; this >> prevents the reservoir buffer from splashing up into the drop. >> >> The sitting drops should be reasonably safe, but the 10 uL hanging drops >> are big; they'll be vulnerable to falling off if the tray is jarred. >> >> Good luck! >> >> Pat >> >> On 2 Jul 2014, at 4:17 PM, Meisam Nosrati wrote: >> >> > Dear CCP4ers >> > >> > I need to transfer some crystals mainly in sitting drops to the site of >> data collection without freezing them. >> > >> > I do not know what is the best solution to secure the boxes in their >> place to minimize the disturbance. >> > >> > I am using the 24 well VDX plates with 10-80 microliter sitting drops. >> I have one or two hanging drop boxes as well with 10 microliter size drops. >> > >> > If you have any experience about this matter, I greatly appreciate, if >> you share it with me. >> > >> > Thanks >> > >> > Meisam Nosrati >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Patrick J. Loll, Ph. D. >> Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology >> Director, Biochemistry Graduate Program >> Drexel University College of Medicine >> Room 10-102 New College Building >> 245 N. 15th St., Mailstop 497 >> Philadelphia, PA 19102-1192 USA >> >> (215) 762-7706 >> [email protected] >> > > > ------- > ---- > > Pamela J. Focia, Ph.D. > Research Assistant Professor > > Structural Biology Facility Manager > Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center > in the Departments of: > Molecular Pharmacology and Biological Chemistry, Feinberg School of > Medicine, > and Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University > 303 E. Chicago Ave., S-215, Chicago 60611 > o (312)503-0848 > c (312)286-3274 > f (312)503-5349 > [email protected] > > > > > > > > >
