Getting cells off plates

[Mike Gruidl]

In article <4jihlj$71e at nntp3.u.washington.edu>, yacman at homer27 says...
>
>Pearse Ward (ward0101 at tc.umn.edu) wrote:
>: I'm having a problem getting COS-7 cells to dissociate from plastic 
>: tissue culture plates.
>
I remember people just placing the dish of cells on ice and then gently 
scraping off the cells.  the cold seemed to loosen the cells.

Mike Gruidl