I like to use polystyrene simply because the have larger volume capacity for our washes. Unless you know of a particular brand of polypropylene that has larger volume capacity. Regards, Jose A. Stoute Art Roberts wrote: > I routinely use polystyrene Vee-bottom wells for my staining because I > believe I lose fewer cells than with U-bottom wells. I wonder if V-bottom > wells in polypropylene would be even better? Any opinions on this? Are > these plates available? > > Art > > On Thu, 2 Dec 1999, Larry Arnold wrote: > > > > > John > > > > It's not a dumb question. > > We prefer round bottom polyPROPYLENE. Better for the cells. > > > > Larry Arnold > > > > At 08:54 PM 12/1/99 -0500, John D. Altman wrote: > > > > > >This is a dumb question. > > > > > >We stain cells in 96 well round bottom polystyrene plates. Does anyone know > > >if it matters whether we use TC treated plates compared to non-treated > > >plates? > > > > > > > Larry W. Arnold, Ph.D. > > Res. Assoc. Prof. > > Director, Flow Cytometry Facility > > Department of Microbiology and Immunology > > CB# 7290 > > University of North Carolina > > Chapel Hill, NC 27599 > > Phone: 919-966-1530 > > FAX: 919-962-8103 > > > > __________________________________ > Arthur Roberts > Dept. of Medicine > Robert Wood Johnson Medical School > > email: robertar@umdnj.edu > phone: 732-235-7790 > Fax: 732-235-7792 -- Jose A. Stoute, MD Unit 64109, Box 401 USAMRU-Kenya APO AE 09831-4109 e-mail: stoutej@net2000ke.com Nairobi Tel 254-2-729303, Fax 254-2-714592 Kisumu Tel 254-35-22942, Fax 254-35-22903 Electronic Fax Service: 1-630-214-2008, 1-917-463-0373, 1-917-477-6048
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