Glass Bottom Petri Dishes from PELCO^®

Glass Bottom Petri Dishes are used in the fields of Life Science and Environmental Research, Molecular and Cell Biology, Cell Culture and Cell Physiology, Biotechnology, Neurology, Pathology, Pharmacology and more.

Applications:

• Live Cell Microscopy
• Multi-Photon Laser Scanning Microscopy (MPLSM)
• High Level Laser Fluorescence
• Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy (FLIM)
• Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer Microscopy (FRET)
• Fluorescence Redistribution After Photobleaching Microscopy (FRAP)
• Epifluorescence Microscopy
• Fluorescence Imaging
• Immunofluorescence Microscopy
• Confocal Microscopy
• Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy (CLSM)
• Phase Contrast Microscopy
• Polarized Light Microscopy
• Differential Interference Contrast (DIC)
• High Resolution Image Analysis
• Time lapsed photography
• Video-Enhanced Microscopy
• Infrared imaging
• Calcium imaging
• Colocalization studies
• Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP)
• Micromanipulation
• Microinjection

Additional Advantages Are:

1. Much larger effective range, using an objective lens with a short working distance
2. No birefringence effects because of thin (0.17mm) glass bottom
3. Low rim/side wall of the dish and a larger effective working distance make micromanipulation and microinjection possible.
4. Higher effective N.A. make brighter images (in e.g.: fluorescence)
5. Higher effective N.A. make higher resolutions in image analysis
6. Microscope light passes through the bottom glass in a rectangular way, glass rests on stage
7. Direct heating from the microscope-stage, because the glass is (flush) in direct contact with stage
8. In IVF, no more oocyte-/embryo transfer is needed from one plastic dish to another, unless different media are being used, saving a lot of time
9. Easy "perfusion" in the dish for continuous in and outflow of solutions, using "perfusion chamber insert"