Materials
| Name | Company | Catalog Number | Comments |
| Hepes | Sigma-Aldrich | H3375 | |
| NaOH | Fischer-Scientific | S320-1 | |
| Sorbitol | Sigma-Aldrich | S1876 | |
| EDTA | Fischer-Biotech | BP121 | |
| MnCl2 | Sigma-Aldrich | 221279 | |
| MgCl2 | Sigma-Aldrich | M0250 | |
| KCl | Sigma-Aldrich | P3911 | |
| NaCl | Sigma-Aldrich | S9625 | |
| Laser Scanning Confocal Microscope | Carl Zeiss Inc | Model: LSM710 | |
| Carboxyfluorescein diacetate (CFDA) | Sigma-Aldrich | 21879 | |
| Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) | EMD | MX1458-6 | |
| Waring blender | Waring | Model: 31BL92 | |
| Fiji | fiji.sc | Open-source software for analyzing biological images |
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