In spite of the apparent advantage, FS are so uniquely demanding while sectioning, that the manual "touch" could never be substituted by an automatic feeding mechanism. Buy a good manual cryostat. I always used Leica. Ask for a demo. René J.
From: Ed Roy <e...@illinois.edu> To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Sent: Friday, May 13, 2011 5:55 PM Subject: [Histonet] motorized cryostat I have a small research lab with an old (very old) Minot IEC microtome cryostat, which is on its last legs. In starting to shop for a new one, I was wondering how much difference a motorized one would make. We do mostly fresh frozen (unfixed) mouse brain and lymph node sections. Are the sections any better? Thanks for any opinions on this and any recommendations on a good cryostat at a reasonable cost. Ed Roy -- Edward Roy, PhD Professor of Pathology Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 506 S. Mathews Ave. Urbana, IL 61801 217 333-3375 _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
