Hi All One more method that I heard about but never tried is to put the plate on a sonication bath and to let for a short sonication pulse. That should vibrate some liquid under your crystal. Raz -- ---------------------------------------------------- Raz Zarivach, Ph.D. Department of Life Sciences and the National Institute of Biotechnology in the Negev Ben-Gurion University of the Negev POB 653 Zip code 84105 Beer-Sheva Israel Home page: http://raz189.tripod.com/ tel: +972-8-646-1999 cell: +972-50-5754808 fax: +972-8-6472970 skype: zarivach [log in to unmask] ----------------------------------------------------