How to reduce agarose pad sliding

Please feel free to edit if you have other tricks.

Tried

• Press the pad with finger or with the wide end of a pipette tip (e.g. 1000ml tip)

Helps, but I still get sliding, especially at high temp (>=40C) --FSP 23:14, 8 Jun 2005 (EDT)

• Use a bigger pad; try to fit it exactly on the glassy part of the dish

Again, it helps, but I still get sliding, especially at high temp (>=40C)--FSP 23:14, 8 Jun 2005 (EDT)

• Others?

Not tried yet

• Dry the pad for longer before using it. I typically dry it for 45min.
  • If I want to do really really nice microscopy I make sure I leave it for at least one hour bruno afonso Aug 14 2006

• Use a pad with a higher percentage of agarose. By the way, why are we using agarose, and why low-melting point agarose in particular?
  • I've once tried regular agarose and it didn't work out that well for me. didn't even tried to image with it :) . See also [[1]] bruno afonso Aug 14 2006

• Others?