Contact your local labs and Hospitals, you could just use some already embedded and cut tissue that is about to be disposed of as long as there is no patient info on the blocks it shouldn't be a problem. Anne
-----Original Message----- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of David Waugh Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 2:51 PM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] Practice tissue? Hello histonet, I was a member a number of years ago, but had gotten out of doing much histology (I was never a pro) for awhile.... but I seem to be back at it. I was wondering if people might have some ideas on a good "practice tissue", one that I could embed, section, and stain (H&E) to both practice my sectioning, and check my staining protocol, etc. I really need to be sectioning some decalcified teeth, and have had some luck, but I would really like to do some more practice on an "easy to section tissue" (other than just a blank block of paraffin) that I can also test my staining on. I have accesses to a tissue processor. Is there anything I can just pick up at the grocery store? Thanks, David David A. Waugh, Ph.D. Research Assistant Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology NEOMED 4209 State Route 44 Rootstown, OH 44272 _______________________________________________ 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