Modular specimen holders for high pressure freezing and x-ray crystallography of a specimen

Abstract

The present invention relates to modular specimen holder (10′) for high pressure freezing and/or X-ray crystallography of a specimen comprising a specimen holding element (100′) and an extension element (200′) connectable with each other and separable from each other; the specimen holding element (100′) comprising a tubule (120′) and a base element (110′), wherein the tubule (120′) is adapted to hold the specimen, the base element (110′) is adapted to hold the tubule (120′), wherein a distance from a bottom of the base element (110′) to a top of the tubule (120′) is a distance d1; the extension element (200′) being adapted to be connected with the base element (110′), wherein, when the extension element (200′) and the base element (110′) are connected with each other, a distance from a bottom of the extension element (200′) to the top of the tubule (120′) is a second distance d2; wherein the second distance d2 is larger than the first distance d1.

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