Contributor: Jonathan A Atkinson (University of Nottingham)
Number of printable pieces: 3
Recommended print material: PLA (Polyactic acid)
Licence: CC Attribution
Overview
To increase the throughput of traditional agarose embedding and sectioning, custom designed 3D printed molds were utilized to embed up to 15 roots in a block for sectioning in a single cut.
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Scientific article
Atkinson JA and Wells DM (2017) An Updated Protocol for High Throughput Plant Tissue Sectioning. Front. Plant Sci. 8:1721. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01721