Materials
| Name | Company | Catalog Number | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethanol absolute | Fisher | E/6550DF/17 | Absolute analytical reagent grade |
| nonionic surfactant detergent | Sigma-Aldrich | T8787 | Triton X-100, for molecular biology |
| Fine forceps | Sigma-Aldrich | F6521 | Jewelers forceps, Dumont No. 5 |
| Glass multi-well plate | Electron Microscopy Sciences | 71563-01 | 9 cavity Pyrex, 100 mm × 85 mm |
| PFA | Thermofisher | 28908 | Pierc 16% Formaldehyde (w/v), Methanol-free |
| Glycerol | Fisher BioReagents | BP 229-1 | Glycerol (Molecular Biology) |
| Spacers | Sun Jin Lab Co | IS006 | iSpacer, four wells, around 12 μL working volume per well, 7 mm diameter, 0.18 mm deep |
| Square 22 mm × 22 mm coverslips | Fisher Scientific | FIS#12-541-B | No.1.5-0.16 to 0.19 mm thick |
| Mounting Medium | Vector Laboratories | H-1000 | Vectashield Antifade Mounting Medium |
| Confocal microscope | Carl Zeiss | LSM780; objective used LD LCI Plan-Apochromat 25X/0.8 Imm Korr DIC M27 (oil/ silicon/glycerol/water immersion) (420852-9871-000) | |
| imaging software | Carl Zeiss | ZEN 2011 | |
| 3D-Image software | ThermoFisher Scientific | Amira 6.4 | |
| ImageJ | National Institutes of Health | https://imagej.nih.gov/ij/ | ImageJ/FIJI |