You can cut a small piece of sponge and put that into the reservoir; this prevents the reservoir buffer from splashing up into the drop.
The sitting drops should be reasonably safe, but the 10 uL hanging drops are big; they'll be vulnerable to falling off if the tray is jarred.
Good luck!
Pat
On 2 Jul 2014, at 4:17 PM, Meisam Nosrati wrote:
> Dear CCP4ers
>
> I need to transfer some crystals mainly in sitting drops to the site of data collection without freezing them.
>
> I do not know what is the best solution to secure the boxes in their place to minimize the disturbance.
>
> I am using the 24 well VDX plates with 10-80 microliter sitting drops. I have one or two hanging drop boxes as well with 10 microliter size drops.
>
> If you have any experience about this matter, I greatly appreciate, if you share it with me.
>
> Thanks
>
> Meisam Nosrati
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