counting cardiocytes

[christian]

In article <spam-0402001429280001 at macmac-2.ucsf.edu>,
spam at 127.0.0.1 (Bernard Murray, PhD) wrote:
> In article
> <019bf6ce.36646537 at usw-ex0109-069.remarq.com>,
> christian
> <christian.troidlNOchSPAM at kerckhoff.mpg.de.invalid>
> wrote:
> > I want to count beta-Gal transfected cardiocytes on a
> > petridish!
> Rather than a gridded dish you can use a microscope
> eyepiece
> insert (graticule) that has a grid upon it.  The other
> similar
> way is with a graticule that has a random pattern of
> dots
> on it and you then count the proportion of dots
> landing on
> stained cells to give yourself a transfection
> efficiency.
> I've used the former method for a variety of b-gal
> transfected
> cell lines.
>    Bernard
> --
> Bernard P. Murray, PhD
> bpmurray at cgl . ucsf . edu
> Department of Cellular & Molecular Pharmacology, UCSF

dear bernard

thank you very much for your answer to my request.

as you maby realized I'm german and I have problems with the
word "graticule". could you specifie what you mean by that.

christian

christian troidl
Max-Planck-Institut for Physiol. and Clinical Science
Dept. of Exp. Cardiology
Bad Nauheim, Germany




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