[Histonet] Whole Mount Immuno Question (again)

2009-04-10 Thread Metzger, Kenneth
Can anyone tell me where to buy a slide holder or chamber to perform manual whole mount immunos? Something like the slide master from Scytek would be great but I won't get my hopes up!! Thanks, ken Kenneth G Metzger HTL(ASCP) ARUP Labs Histology Supervisor 500 Chipeta Way Salt Lake

RE: [Histonet] Benchmark XT

2009-04-10 Thread Laurie Colbert
What kind of slides do you use?? Laurie Colbert -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Angela Bitting Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 6:14 PM To: Kari Bradshaw; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu;

[Histonet] A Friday afternoon Funny for the H-net folks :)

2009-04-10 Thread Cheryl
This was forwarded to me by a path lab friend--the link is clean and a nice giggle going into a holiday weekend.   Cheryl Kerry, HT(ASCP) From: Dr. P.H. Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 10:20 AM To: Subject: Critical Health Alert!     As a physician, I am obligated to inform those

RE: [Histonet] A Friday afternoon Funny for the H-net folks :)

2009-04-10 Thread Bell, Lynne
Thanks, Cheryl! That's just what we needed after the week we have had here on the Histonet. Lynne Bell, HT(ASCP) Central Vermont Hospital 130 Fisher Road Barre, VT 05641 (802)371-4923 ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu

Re: [Histonet] Whole human feet

2009-04-10 Thread Yak-Nam Wang
Denise, Thanks, someone else pointed out these images and they are indeed in the correct plane (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/image/feet.jpg). I think these are 1 mm sections from a frozen body, unstained. We were actually hoping that we could process feet (procured from a company),

Re: [Histonet] Whole human feet

2009-04-10 Thread Rene J Buesa
As far as I know such a large thin section that also involves decalcifying hard bones has never been published. In the past E. Leitz (now Leica) manufactured sliding microtomes for large specimens but were used mostly to prepare thin brain sections embedded in celloidin but not for what you

RE: [Histonet] Whole human feet

2009-04-10 Thread Bernice Frederick
Virtual autopsy web site? They have the whole body ct scanned and sliced. Bernice Bernice Frederick HTL (ASCP) Northwestern University Pathology Core Facility ECOGPCO-RL 710 N Fairbanks Court Olson 8-421 Chicago,IL 60611 312-503-3723 -Original Message- From:

Re: [Histonet] Whole human feet

2009-04-10 Thread Yak-Nam Wang
Thanks Rene, I have heard of the sliding microtomes and a colleague thought that as long as I could fix and decalcify, it might be possible with one of these. I fear I may have to pre-cut the foot in to manageable portions before processing. Yes, if I find out how to do it I will definitely let

Re: [Histonet] HISTOS 5 processor

2009-04-10 Thread Bernie Taupin
Hi Ann, How are things down there in Flodrida? Glad you get some money to buy something form Smilestone! Love, Bernie Taupin _ Hi, all We get some money recently and want to spend it on the HISTOS 5 proceesor from Smilestone. But we are not sure whether it is

[Histonet] List abuse

2009-04-10 Thread David Waugh
Bernie, list moderators, and people who are better at tracking things: Looking at the long headers (that contain all the IP addresses of senders/receivers) Bernie Taupin emails originate from UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY and an IP address in Brooklyn NYC. Also, one can