Hi All, Brings back a lot of memories about what can go wrong - some of them lessons hard learned transporting crystals in collaboration with Gloria! I’d echo Gloria’s advice and go further recommending the Hampton Research capillary cutter, Tygon tubing that fits the end of the capillary, a syringe, and the Hampton Research MicroWick, as part of your tool kit. Also the quartz glass capillaries are more manageable and not as fragile as the special glass ones. Well worth getting. This is not a plug for Hampton, it’s just that I’ve had great success with those tools.
Cheers, Eddie Edward Snell Ph.D. President and CEO Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute Assistant Prof. Department of Structural Biology, University at Buffalo 700 Ellicott Street, Buffalo, NY 14203-1102 Phone: (716) 898 8631 Fax: (716) 898 8660 Skype: eddie.snell Email: esn...@hwi.buffalo.edu [cid:image001.png@01D25C65.EAF765E0] Heisenberg was probably here! From: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Gloria Borgstahl Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2016 2:52 PM To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Shipping crystals for RT data collection I would recommend just mounting them in capillaries without loops, as this will travel better. Put slugs of mother liquor on either side, seal with wax and then coat wax and onto the end of capillary glass lightly with fingernail polish. We have had terrible luck with FedEx delivering damaged crystals, if you try this make sure you have cushioned your capillaries and have plenty of room temperature thermal packs in your styrofoam container. The best way to carry them in your carryon. Weput them individually in 15 mL falcon tubes packed with cotton and put them in our briefcase or backpack and let TSA x-ray the bag. We have done this, TSA asks no questions. Yet Omaha is a small airport. Good luck! Gloria On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 1:42 PM, Ricardo Padua <rpa...@brandeis.edu<mailto:rpa...@brandeis.edu>> wrote: Hi all, I'm looking for a way to ship crystals for room temperature data collection. I want to ship them already mounted on loops with capillaries, not in drops like the In situ trays from Mitegen. Any experiences on that? Thanks -- Ricardo Padua HHMI Postdoctoral fellow Kern Lab Brandeis University Waltham, MA
