Carve a channel in balsa wood, available at hobby shops, and sandwich the otolith in. Section wood and all. Cordially, Charles W. Scouten, Ph.D Product Manager, MNL Biosystems Division Leica Biosystems Richmond, Inc. 5205 Route 12 P.O. Box 528 Richmond, IL 60071 United States of America Telephone 630 964 0501 facsimile +1 630 964 0576 www.MyNeuroLab.com <http://www.myneurolab.com/> www.leica-microsystems.com <http://www.leica-microsystems.com/> IMPORTANT - This email and any attachments may be confidential. Any retransmissions, dissemination or other use of these materials by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If received in error, please contact us and delete all copies. Before opening or using attachments, check them for viruses and defects. Our liability is limited to resupplying any affected attachments. [Any representations or opinions expressed in this email are those of the individual sender]. From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of jason christian <jchri...@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 2:27 PM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] Vibrotoming otoliths I am trying to section an otolith from a small minnow species with a vibrotome. The bone seems to be very dense and doesn't hold very well inside any mounting media that I have tried. Does anyone have any suggestions as to a media that will section smoothly but would be dense enough to hold the small bone in the media while its being sectioned. Thank you in advance. Jason _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
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