A U.S. Patent for “Methods for Cryopreservation of Biological Materials” was awarded to Asymptote on November 17th, 2020. The present invention is an apparatus for performing ice nucleation, the apparatus comprising: a housing, the housing comprising a first material layer forming a permeable housing wall and a second material layer opposing the first material layer, the first material layer and the second material layer defining a cavity therebetween; an ice nucleating material encapsulated within the cavity; and a multiwell plate, the multiwell plate comprising: a plurality of wells, and a plurality of integrated housings, wherein each integrated housing of the plurality of integrated housings is integrated into a respective well of the plurality of wells, and wherein the housing is one of the plurality of integrated housings integrated into a respective well…
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