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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2020
Filed:
May. 11, 2016
Mahsa Karbaschi, Miami, FL (US);
Marcus S. Cooke, Miami, FL (US);
Mahsa Karbaschi, Miami, FL (US);
Marcus S. Cooke, Miami, FL (US);
THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES, Miami, FL (US);
Abstract
The subject invention provides an apparatus for cooling and/or freezing samples. In an exemplary embodiment, the apparatus is a stackable chilling plate used in a comet assay. In specific embodiments, the chilling plate can accommodate glass slides deposited with an agarose gel suspension, wherein the gel is cured by a refrigerant disposed underneath a thermally-conductive top plate. Advantageously, the cooling/freezing apparatus provided herein can easily accommodate the placement of multiple cellular sample slides in a compact configuration.