{"title":"The ultramicrotome superstage: a versatile aid for section manipulation.","authors":"M A Gorycki","doi":"10.3109/10520298909106999","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The design and properties of a rigid, box-like device to be placed on the knife stage of a Porter-Blum MT-2 ultramicrotome are described. This \"superstage\" acts as a hand and tool rest, and a wind screen for the knife boat. The superstage easily permits tight rafts of ultrathin sections to be centrally located on grids. Additionally, it aids in placing 1 micron thick sections at the same relative location on glass slides to facilitate their examination in the light microscope.</p>","PeriodicalId":21924,"journal":{"name":"Stain technology","volume":"64 4","pages":"197-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1989-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3109/10520298909106999","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Stain technology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3109/10520298909106999","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The design and properties of a rigid, box-like device to be placed on the knife stage of a Porter-Blum MT-2 ultramicrotome are described. This "superstage" acts as a hand and tool rest, and a wind screen for the knife boat. The superstage easily permits tight rafts of ultrathin sections to be centrally located on grids. Additionally, it aids in placing 1 micron thick sections at the same relative location on glass slides to facilitate their examination in the light microscope.