All of the cells would be face down when you looked at them! (It's already been a long week!)
Eric Hoy =============================================== Eric S. Hoy, Ph.D., SI(ASCP) Clinical Associate Professor Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, Texas Email: eric....@utsouthwestern.edu =============================================== On 2/28/12 5:56 PM, "Lucie Guernsey" <lguern...@ucsd.edu> wrote: > As all of us who cut paraffin know, the underside of each section as it > comes off the blade is shiny. I've always accepted it as a fact that the > shiny side always goes down on the water bath, but I've begun to wonder > why. Is there a specific reason why we're all taught to put the shiny side > down? What would the difference be between a 'properly' collected section > and a rebelliously collected shiny-side up section? Does it even matter? > > Thanks! > Lucie > > Lucie Guernsey > UC San Diego > lguern...@ucsd.edu > _______________________________________________ > 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
