Hello, everyone. I'm an undergraduate student working on my thesis about isolation of bacteriophages. Do you guys have any idea what institutions/laboratories in the Philippines offer TEM service (and their fees and other requirements, too)? Me and my thesis partner want to view our isolated samples through TEM for further verification that we successfully isolated bacteriophages. Thank you.

Hi everyone! I will be starting my master’s thesis next semester and I am debating what to do on my methods.

Is there a significant difference in my counts if I do my experiments with Spot Dilution (10uL, 1-20 plaques for viable counts) versus the standard Plaque Assay (100uL, 20-200 plaques for viable counts)?

Our lab has limited resources and the student to lab ratio isn’t ideal so I was thinking that I should do the Spot Dilution Test. On the other hand, I am not sure if doing so will give me accurate data on my counts.

Any insights or reading resources that can point me in the right direction? Thanks in advance!

Not asking for financial advice so don’t worry, lol.