Re: [ccp4bb] off topic: reproducing hits from organic solvents

2012-10-04 Thread Beatrice Vallone
Dear Peter, my guess is that isopropanol might have evaporated and, in general, that the concentration of PEG4000 might be higher that in the starting solution because of evaporation. I would try to decrease the isopropanol concentration, or even eliminate it. As a cooker test if you

[ccp4bb] off topic: reproducing hits from organic solvents

2012-10-03 Thread Peter Hsu
Hi all, I recently got some hits from a Mosquito grown at 18C with PEG4000 and 10% propanol. I've tried reproducing these hits using the standard 24 well format with no success, even with playing with PEG and propanol concentrations. The initial screening solution was from a kit that's been

Re: [ccp4bb] off topic: reproducing hits from organic solvents

2012-10-03 Thread Patrick Shaw Stewart
Peter We make a 96-well plate that was originally made for microbatch-under-oil, which has a large moat or well around the whole plate. My old friend Lesley Haire had a lot of success with this plate for a condition that contained isopropanol. She set up the drops without isoprop, covered them

Re: [ccp4bb] off topic: reproducing hits from organic solvents

2012-10-03 Thread Frank von Delft
Doesn't seem like there'd have been much isopropanol left in that tube after 2 years. In fact, your PEG may have gone off as well, changing the pH and god knows what else. Try screening pH and leaving out isopropanol in your optimization. phx On 3 October 2012 17:37, Peter Hsu