Jenn, Trying to fully understand. You need someone to prepare these slides again for you? Great quality work, you provide the specimen? Let me know, I would love to learn more.
Sincerely, JB On Wed, May 31, 2017, 9:13 AM Dearolf, Jenn via Histonet < histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu> wrote: > Hello! > > My name is Jenn Dearolf, and I am a professor in the Biology Department at > Hendrix College, a small liberal arts college in Conway, AR. I have > written this list before to get advice about how to prevent freezing > artifact in small muscle samples (Thanks!), but today, I have a completely > different need. > > In our Zoology course at Hendrix, we use slides that have numerous serial > sections (7 to 10 microns thickness) of a baby guppy on them that have been > stained with H & E. And, a box of slides, ranging from 8 to 12 slides, is > the entire guppy sectioned from the tip of its nose to the tip of its > tail. However, these slides are very old, and over the years, the mounting > media has pulled away from the sections. In addition, numerous slides have > been broken or lost. > > Unfortunately, no one in my Department now has the necessary skills to > produce these slides for our students. I was wondering if anyone on the > list knew of a facility that could produce these slides. I think we should > be able to provide the baby guppies. I would just have to get approval > from our IACUC. > > I also have a very old paper that discusses the steps that were necessary > to produce the slides. I am happy to share the methodology with anyone > that could help us, and we could discuss what we would need to do at > Hendrix and which steps would need to be performed at your facility. > > I appreciate any advice folks are willing to share. Thanks for your time > and consideration. > > Sincerely, > Jenn > > > Jennifer Dearolf, Ph.D. > Professor and Chair > Biology Department > Hendrix College > 1600 Washington Ave. > Conway, AR 72032 > (501) 450-4530 (office) > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Histonet mailing list > Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet > -- Have a great day! _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet