Electrophysiology research. Researcher preparing micro electrode pipettes in a laboratory. He is subjecting the pipettes to extreme heat, a technique

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Electrophysiology research. Researcher preparing micro electrode pipettes in a laboratory. He is subjecting the pipettes to extreme heat, a technique known as fire-polishing. The pipettes will be used to perform a patch-clamp, which is a method of studying the ion channels within cells.

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