Increasing throughput of manual microscopy of cell suspensions using solid medium padsстатья
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Аннотация:Microscopy of multiple samples using slides and coverslips is time consuming and good images are sometimesdifficult to obtain due to cell movement. Our method involves manual spotting of multiple cell samples ontosolid-medium pads, which creates the following benefits:Rapid, high-quality imaging of multiple samples (hundreds per day) by visible and fluorescence microscopy.No need for expensive automated equipment, multi-well plates or large amounts of consumables.Wide range of working cell concentrations.The method was implemented for S. cerevisiae yeast, however it is likely to be applicable to all types ofmicroorganisms and possibly other microscopic samples such as pollen. The lack of need for automatedequipment may also make this method useful for field work.