Re: Petri plates with coverglass bottoms?

From: Fareed Al-Gurg (algurg7f@emirates.net.ae)
Date: Fri Nov 05 1999 - 05:40:00 EST


Hi Ray,
I don't know if Lab-Tek are the same as MatTek (200 Homer Avenue,
Ashland MA 01721) but here is the Tel . No for the latter: 508-881-6771,
800-634-9018, Fax No. : 508-879-1532.
The make the Petri plates in all sorts of sizes.
I hope that this helps.
Warmest regards from:

Fareed Al-Gurg
Dubai Hospital,
Dubai - UAE.

ray hester wrote:

>  Hi, This isn't a flow question but thought someone might be able to
> help us. We are looking for a source of 35 mm Petri plates that have a
> 1 cm (approx.) hole bored through the bottom and a #1 coverglass glued
> over/under the hole.  We want to use these with viable cells in
> culture, an inverted fluorescence scope, and the 100x oil objective
> (we don't have access to an upright fluorescence scope with water
> objectives).  I know about the availability of coverglass-bottomed
> Lab-Tek chambers, but the investigator wants to perfuse the culture
> and I don't think the Lab-Tek chambers will work as well as a Petri
> plate for this purpose.  I know you can make these by simply boring
> the hole and gluing a coverglass in place but we would like to know of
> a commercial source for these if possible. Thanks for any leads. Ray



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