Microindentation of fresh soft biological tissue: A rapid tissue sectioning and mounting protocol

• Clíona M. McCarthy,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Biomaterials Cluster, Bernal Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland, School of Engineering, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

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• Kevin L. McKevitt,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, University Hospital Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

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• Sinéad A. Connolly,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Laboratory of Biosensors and Bioelectronics, Institute for Biomedical Engineering, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

  Affiliations Biomaterials Cluster, Bernal Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland, School of Engineering, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8953-6105

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• Isabel Andersson,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliations Biomaterials Cluster, Bernal Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland, School of Engineering, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

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• Fiona C. Leahy,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Department of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, University Hospital Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

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• Siobhan Egan,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Department of Colorectal Surgery, University Hospital Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

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• Michael A. Moloney,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Department of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, University Hospital Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

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• Eamon G. Kavanagh,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Department of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, University Hospital Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

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• Colin Peirce,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Department of Colorectal Surgery, University Hospital Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

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• Eoghan M. Cunnane,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Biomaterials Cluster, Bernal Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland, School of Engineering, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland, Health Research Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

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• Kieran D. McGourty,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision

  Affiliations Biomaterials Cluster, Bernal Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland, School of Engineering, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland, School of Chemical Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

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• Michael T. Walsh,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Biomaterials Cluster, Bernal Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland, School of Engineering, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland, Health Research Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

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• John J. E. Mulvihill

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: john.mulvihill@ul.ie

  Affiliations Biomaterials Cluster, Bernal Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland, School of Engineering, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland, Health Research Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0437-0351

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