Daly J, Zuchowicz N, Nuñez Lendo CI, Khosla K, Lager C, Henley EM, Bischof J, Kleinhans FW, Lin C, Peters EC, Hagedorn M.

Sci Rep. 2018 Oct 24;8(1):15714. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-34035-0

Successful cryopreservation of coral larvae using vitrification and laser warming.

Laser warming with gold nanorods. Trehalose alone as a cryopresercant dehydrates the animals but does not permeate them but “3.5 M cryoprotectant solution (10% v/v propylene glycol, 5% v/v dimethyl sulfoxide, and 1 M trehalose in phosphate buffered saline)” does.