# Matrigel Autofluorescence

**URL:** <https://forum.microlist.org/t/matrigel-autofluorescence/615>\
**Category:** Probes & Prep\
**Created:** [October 7, 2019, 6:58pm UTC](https://forum.microlist.org/t/matrigel-autofluorescence/615 "2019-10-07T18:58:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![EricGriffis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58f4c7/32.png) [@EricGriffis](https://forum.microlist.org/u/EricGriffis)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2019, 6:58pm UTC](https://forum.microlist.org/t/matrigel-autofluorescence/615/1 "2019-10-07T18:58:17Z")

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I have a user who is growing organoids in matrigel. They then want to stain and image them. However, they find that the matrigel produces a lot of background. Has anyone encountered this, and if so, how did you overcome it? My fist thought is for them to completely dissociate the fixed organoids from the matrigel and then spin them onto PLL or ConA coated glass surfaces.

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**Author:** ![JamesOrth](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.microlist.org/jamesorth/32/153_2.png) [@JamesOrth](https://forum.microlist.org/u/JamesOrth)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2019, 9:43pm UTC](https://forum.microlist.org/t/matrigel-autofluorescence/615/2 "2019-10-07T21:43:36Z")

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There are many matrices that can be used for oranoids, spheroids, etc., if they need Matrigel then they’ll have to dead with it. What is the nature of the autofluorescence, is it glow from the gel itself, in all channels. is it medium trapped in the gel? In the past, at least for spheroids (not organoids), I used a product called Qgel, which was very optically transparent and had (apparently) very little autoflurescence, could image through hundreds of microns using normal scanning confocal.

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**Author:** ![JawnnyH](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.microlist.org/jawnnyh/32/245_2.png) [@JawnnyH](https://forum.microlist.org/u/JawnnyH)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2019, 2:44pm UTC](https://forum.microlist.org/t/matrigel-autofluorescence/615/3 "2019-10-10T14:44:03Z")

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What media are they using when they make the Matrigel?

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**Author:** ![EricGriffis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58f4c7/32.png) [@EricGriffis](https://forum.microlist.org/u/EricGriffis)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 11:07pm UTC](https://forum.microlist.org/t/matrigel-autofluorescence/615/4 "2019-10-17T23:07:11Z")

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I think it’s standard media (I’ll check). They’re evidently getting fluorescence in all of the channels. I might recommend for them to use NaBH4 to try to quench the fluorescence and see if this improves things.