Kenneth -
You can do this, but it won't be pretty - if you trim as much of the plastic away as you can, you can etch the resin away with sodium methoxide (or ethoxide): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/357729 [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/coreutils/img/pubmed256blue.png]<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/357729> A method for the removal of epoxy resins from tissue in preparation for scanning electron microscopy. - PubMed - NCBI <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/357729> www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov J Microsc. 1978 May;113(1):95-9. Good luck! Tamara ................................................... Tamara Howard Dept. of Cell Biology & Physiology University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
