Have you tried a standard drill with a home-made plexiglas bit ... put
tissue into a plexiglas block (with holes drilled slightly larger than the
bit) and then grind each for about 15 seconds with the drill ... we did
this for some much tougher grasses in the past, and it worked and was
really quick (slowest step was loading the tissue into the wells).
Virginia Walbot
walbot at stanford.edu
650-723-2227 Secretary Alex Bloom
FAX 650-725-8221 650-723-2007
Department of Biological Sciences abloom at leland.stanford.edu
385 Serra Mall
Stanford University
Stanford CA 94305-5020
New web address: http://www.stanford.edu/~walbot/
