Size reduction of plant and animal tissues in a deep well plate using sharp-edged plunger reciprocated to cut against vessel wall, employing cover to prevent cross contamination of samples

摘要

Reducing plant and animal tissue size using a sharp-edge plunger (5) including a cutting edge (7), is new. The plunger presses the tissue against the wall (8) of a laboratory vessel, cutting it. An Independent claim is included for apparatus for carrying out the novel method.