# Does anyone want to send me a tablet of rapamycin (or nexlizet/some other drug) that I can send for AFM/SEM imaging if you're curious? **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [October 15, 2024, 12:12am UTC](https://www.rapamycin.news/t/does-anyone-want-to-send-me-a-tablet-of-rapamycin-or-nexlizet-some-other-drug-that-i-can-send-for-afm-sem-imaging-if-youre-curious/16903 "2024-10-15T00:12:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AlexKChen](https://www.rapamycin.news/user_avatar/www.rapamycin.news/alexkchen/32/385_2.png) [@AlexKChen](https://www.rapamycin.news/u/AlexKChen)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 12:12am UTC](https://www.rapamycin.news/t/does-anyone-want-to-send-me-a-tablet-of-rapamycin-or-nexlizet-some-other-drug-that-i-can-send-for-afm-sem-imaging-if-youre-curious/16903/1 "2024-10-15T00:12:27Z")
> "There will be a focus on RISE (Raman Imaging and Scanning Electron Microscopy) as well as the R&D 100 Award Winning Vero AFM. > > On the 2nd day of the workshop you are also able to bring your own samples from your research to analyze using that same tech, which could give you some useful insights or at least something to compare to when it comes to your current setup - However this part isn’t mandatory if you didn’t want to bring any samples. Ideally within several days so I can get it by Friday [so fast shipping] ---
**Author:** ![mondagai](https://www.rapamycin.news/user_avatar/www.rapamycin.news/mondagai/32/26507_2.png) [@mondagai](https://www.rapamycin.news/u/mondagai)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 11:11am UTC](https://www.rapamycin.news/t/does-anyone-want-to-send-me-a-tablet-of-rapamycin-or-nexlizet-some-other-drug-that-i-can-send-for-afm-sem-imaging-if-youre-curious/16903/2 "2024-10-15T11:11:51Z")
I’d gladly send you one of the tablets I have from the anti aging store, but I’m in Australia so there’s no chance it would reach you in time. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Combi](https://www.rapamycin.news/user_avatar/www.rapamycin.news/steve_combi/32/23927_2.png) [@Steve\_Combi](https://www.rapamycin.news/u/Steve_Combi)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 4:04pm UTC](https://www.rapamycin.news/t/does-anyone-want-to-send-me-a-tablet-of-rapamycin-or-nexlizet-some-other-drug-that-i-can-send-for-afm-sem-imaging-if-youre-curious/16903/3 "2024-10-15T16:04:19Z")
What would imaging a pill tell us? ---
**Author:** ![AlexKChen](https://www.rapamycin.news/user_avatar/www.rapamycin.news/alexkchen/32/385_2.png) [@AlexKChen](https://www.rapamycin.news/u/AlexKChen)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 2:22pm UTC](https://www.rapamycin.news/t/does-anyone-want-to-send-me-a-tablet-of-rapamycin-or-nexlizet-some-other-drug-that-i-can-send-for-afm-sem-imaging-if-youre-curious/16903/4 "2024-10-18T14:22:59Z")
I can do it at a later time too if you’re still interested (I’m in contact with the Oxford instruments team) They can to do it for a nexlizet and a canagliflozin pill of mine - I asked for those bc not as many ppl will investigate those as they will for rapamycin The samples should ideally be EXTREMELY straight (very few rough edges) > **[Accelerate food, pharmaceutical and particle analysis with Raman imaging -...](https://www.oxinst.com/webinars/accelerate-food,-pharmaceutical-and-particle-analysis-with-raman-imaging)** > > This webinar describes how Raman microscopy can help solve questions that researchers face in 3D imaging and microparticle analyses of food, pharmaceuticals and microplastics. > [@Raman Spectroscopy Imaging of Pharmaceutical Tablets (how useful is it compared with chromatography?)](https://www.rapamycin.news/t/raman-spectroscopy-imaging-of-pharmaceutical-tablets-how-useful-is-it-compared-with-chromatography/12172): > > [[Raman Microscopy for Pharmaceutical Research and Development: Technique Variations and Software] ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59hIwCZCbxk) ---
**Author:** ![AlexKChen](https://www.rapamycin.news/user_avatar/www.rapamycin.news/alexkchen/32/385_2.png) [@AlexKChen](https://www.rapamycin.news/u/AlexKChen)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 8:06pm UTC](https://www.rapamycin.news/t/does-anyone-want-to-send-me-a-tablet-of-rapamycin-or-nexlizet-some-other-drug-that-i-can-send-for-afm-sem-imaging-if-youre-curious/16903/6 "2024-10-18T20:06:00Z")
I’ve included more detail in the edit above your post THIS: [Raman Spectroscopy Imaging of Pharmaceutical Tablets (how useful is it compared with chromatography?) - #7 by AlexKChen](https://www.rapamycin.news/t/raman-spectroscopy-imaging-of-pharmaceutical-tablets-how-useful-is-it-compared-with-chromatography/12172/7) == Thinking of this more, the can linings of cans of foods I often eat [eg 365] could have been a better option [to see how much plastic they have in them]… But doing them in a plain Raman spectrometer might be “good enough” [the fact is I have a chance to do some of these for free from time to time, so might as well make the best use of these opportunities!] Some Raman spectrometers use RISE, which use 2D spatial information ONTOP of the simple wavelength curve you get ---
**Author:** ![AlexKChen](https://www.rapamycin.news/user_avatar/www.rapamycin.news/alexkchen/32/385_2.png) [@AlexKChen](https://www.rapamycin.news/u/AlexKChen)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2024, 9:18pm UTC](https://www.rapamycin.news/t/does-anyone-want-to-send-me-a-tablet-of-rapamycin-or-nexlizet-some-other-drug-that-i-can-send-for-afm-sem-imaging-if-youre-curious/16903/7 "2024-10-19T21:18:20Z")
Can linings are very hard to prepare - an alternative is tetrapak containers (though we kind of already know the composition of these, and this might not tell us much about how leachable they are). Just on “feel” alone, I’m less concerned about tetrapak than I am about plastic bags or even the plastic in veggie containers (though idk how much this counts b/c until 2023, I certainly didn’t factor in how bad leachability from paper cups were)