The Provost Fellows and Scholars of the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth, Near Dublin

Slobhan Mitchell

Dermot P Kelleher

Yuri Volkov

Anthony Davies

A device () for housing a scientific sample comprising at least one sample well () and an on-board buffering substance () wherein the onboard buffering substance () at least partly surrounds the sample well (). The on-board buffering substance () may be in the form of a matrix, such as a gel-like matrix. The device () may further comprise an insulating means. Also described is a substance for use in culturing and/or assaying a sample whereby the substance provides atmospheric and thermal buffering. The invention further provides a lid for a single-well or multi-well sample plate, the lid being configured to facilitate delivery of a sample through the lid into a well, and for sealing the well. The lid comprises moveable portions () that have at least one orifice () formed through the moveable portions () such that a conduit is formed by alignment of the orifices () of both the lid portions ().

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Slobhan Mitchell