<div dir="ltr">Hello,<div><br></div><div>I suggest two papers published by the folks in Austin, Texas (Li <span class="" id=":2wq.1" tabindex="-1">et</span> <span class="" id=":2wq.2" tabindex="-1">al</span>).  They have developed a method of staining with a solution of potassium, ethanol and formalin.  Using formalin really helped prevent shrinkage during the CT scan. They were doing this with museum specimens that had been first fixed in formalin and then transferred to ethanol.  However, when I was there visiting we tried it with some samples that were not fixed in formalin first and those did have shrinking issues, which  required extensive fiddling by the CT engineer to resolve. </div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__onlinelibrary.wiley.com_doi_10.1002_jez.b.22692_abstract&d=DwMFaQ&c=cjytLXgP8ixuoHflwc-poQ&r=LpYc_Z_iN1KRw0hheb3x6-8MJUMu482qfHowpGYJqwc&m=fIS8VuJCeE5zKG06lp-h9bIEpW0-JK1GQxsr0hbo6r4&s=F5vBquQ9IKEHwSqW5_MuMwYisbk3Nd_vtkFtD_fZ2sQ&e=">http://<span class="" id=":2wq.3" tabindex="-1">onlinelibrary</span>.<span class="" id=":2wq.4" tabindex="-1">wiley</span>.com/<span class="" id=":2wq.5" tabindex="-1">doi</span>/10.1002/<span class="" id=":2wq.6" tabindex="-1">jez</span>.b.22692/abstract</a> and </div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov_pmc_articles_PMC4687389_&d=DwMFaQ&c=cjytLXgP8ixuoHflwc-poQ&r=LpYc_Z_iN1KRw0hheb3x6-8MJUMu482qfHowpGYJqwc&m=fIS8VuJCeE5zKG06lp-h9bIEpW0-JK1GQxsr0hbo6r4&s=xvQKme5ECieXjNZgTzT9sm8MUz09iVC743NytptRzWo&e=">https://www.<span class="" id=":2wq.7" tabindex="-1">ncbi</span>.<span class="" id=":2wq.8" tabindex="-1">nlm</span>.<span class="" id=":2wq.9" tabindex="-1">nih</span>.gov/<span class="" id=":2wq.10" tabindex="-1">pmc</span>/articles/PMC4687389/</a> (probably less helpful, as it is more about how to get the most high quality scans). </div><div><br></div><div><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div> <div>Met <span class="" id=":2wq.11" tabindex="-1">vriendelijke</span> <span class="" id=":2wq.12" tabindex="-1">groeten</span>,<br></div><div><br></div><div>Becky <span class="" id=":2wq.13" tabindex="-1">Desjardins</span></div><div>Taxidermist/<span class="" id=":2wq.14" tabindex="-1">Preparator</span><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><img src="http://logo.naturalis.nl/logo.png" alt="" border="0"><br></div> </div> <br> <p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:black">T </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:18px;white-space:nowrap">071-751 9252</span></font><span style="color:black;font-size:xx-small"> , M  06-16144902</span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:xx-small;color:black"><br><span class="" id=":2wq.15" tabindex="-1">Darwinweg</span> 2 - 2333 CR Leiden<br>E <a href="mailto:Becky.Desjardins@naturalis.nl" target="_blank">Becky.<span class="" id=":2wq.16" tabindex="-1">Desjardins</span>@<span class="" id=":2wq.17" tabindex="-1">naturalis</span>.<span class="" id=":2wq.18" tabindex="-1">nl</span></a> I , <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.naturalis.nl_&d=DwMFaQ&c=cjytLXgP8ixuoHflwc-poQ&r=LpYc_Z_iN1KRw0hheb3x6-8MJUMu482qfHowpGYJqwc&m=fIS8VuJCeE5zKG06lp-h9bIEpW0-JK1GQxsr0hbo6r4&s=Cmfzs4uMhZII9FzZMifmIZZg_gzuD-pGkIfAisu1Igw&e=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.<span class="" id=":2wq.19" tabindex="-1">naturalis</span>.<span class="" id=":2wq.20" tabindex="-1">nl</span></a> </span></p><p><span style="font-size:x-small;line-height:12.5455px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Due to the construction of new public museum facilities, depots, labs and offices, the zoological, geological and <span class="" id=":2wq.21" tabindex="-1">paleontological</span> collections of <span class="" id=":2wq.22" tabindex="-1">Naturalis</span> Biodiversity Center in Leiden will be closed to </span><span style="font-size:x-small;line-height:12.5455px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">all </span><span style="font-size:x-small;line-height:12.5455px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">visitors, including <span class="" id=":2wq.23" tabindex="-1">Synthesys</span> Access applicants, as well as for </span><span style="font-size:x-small;line-height:12.5455px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">all </span><span style="font-size:x-small;line-height:12.5455px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:basel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