I would recommend you try to embed them on edge. Even if very small, you will be surprised how many are correctly embedded
Regards Tony Henwood JP, MSc, BAppSc, GradDipSysAnalys, CT(ASC) Laboratory Manager & Senior Scientist Tel: 612 9845 3306 Fax: 612 9845 3318 the children's hospital at westmead Cnr Hawkesbury Road and Hainsworth Street, Westmead Locked Bag 4001, Westmead NSW 2145, AUSTRALIA -----Original Message----- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of ssylv...@cinci.rr.com Sent: Friday, 25 September 2009 2:46 AM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] Orienting GI biopsies during embedding Everyone, We are having a heck of a time orienting GI biopsies but esophageal biopsies in particular, during embedding. If anyone could share their secret for getting these tiny specks of semi-transparent tissue oriented, we would greatly appreciate it. Sabina Sylvest Department of Pathology Cincinnati Children's Hospital ssylv...@cinci.rr.com (513)803-0741 _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet ********************************************************************* This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete it and notify the sender. Views expressed in this message and any attachments are those of the individual sender, and are not necessarily the views of The Children's Hospital at Westmead This note also confirms that this email message has been virus scanned and although no computer viruses were detected, The Childrens Hospital at Westmead accepts no liability for any consequential damage resulting from email containing computer viruses. ********************************************************************** _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
