Re: [Histonet] Ventana/Roche H. pylori

2016-05-27 Thread Gareth Davis via Histonet 
Thank you to all who have been responding.  Very helpful information.
I have been seeing this problem for almost a year.  We have contacted YRMC
and know their option.  Unfortunately, we are under contract.
But, the previous lab I worked in had the same issue, but with DAKO. But,
the debris showed up in the negative slides also.  They finally started
only using fresh DAB, it made a difference. Wonder if they should filter
everything too.

-- 
Gareth B. Davis, HT (ASCPcm), QIHC
Yuma Gastroenterology
Yuma, AZ 85364
928-248-5259
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[Histonet] HHV8 Antibody

2016-05-27 Thread Rae Staskiewicz via Histonet 
Has anyone had experience with this antibody? One of our Hemepaths wants to
bring this on line. Where do you get your antibody and what is your
protocol? Any info would be much appreciated.

 

Rae Staskiewicz

UnityPoint Health-Methodist/Proctor

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Re: [Histonet] FFPE human tissue blocks

2016-05-27 Thread C via Histonet 
Hello Histonet,

My lab is looking for FFPE human tissue blocks, in good condition, that 
are no longer needed.  Both normal and diseased tissue. Please let me know 
of any available sources for these unwanted or no longer needed blocks.

Thanks,
Carla

Carla Thompson
Senior Specimen Buyer
Microscope Slides Lab
















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[Histonet] Ventana/Roche H. pylori antibody

2016-05-27 Thread Gareth Davis via Histonet 
Hi,
I have read on the Histonet, in the past, that other labs are having
trouble with the H.pylori antibody from Ventana/Roche.  I get "debris" that
looks like the H. pylori bug, except it appears to "float" above the
section and not in the normal areas that H. pylori stains.  Is anyone else
still having the problem?  Or if you had the problem, was it resolved?
Roche did a decon on our machine on two different occasions, which did not
help. Now Roche seems to think that our machine is old and causing the
problem.
Anyone's help would be appreciated.
Thanks

-- 
Gareth B. Davis, HT (ASCPcm), QIHCcm
Yuma Gastroenterology
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Re: [Histonet] thank you HistoNet! Histology STEM long off-topic

2016-05-27 Thread Elizabeth Chlipala via Histonet 
The NSH as a part of its awards and scholarships program has the Newcomer 
Helping Hand Scholarship.  

If you are considering doing something like what Adelle or Ray did  and are a 
NSH member for two years you can apply for this scholarship.  The scholarship 
is for $2000.00 so it is quite substantial.  The deadline for awards nomination 
is June 1st, so there is still time to nominate yourself.

Here is the link  http://nsh.org/content/newcomer-helping-hand-scholarship

Liz

Elizabeth A. Chlipala, BS, HTL(ASCP)QIHC
Premier Laboratory, LLC
PO Box 18592
Boulder, CO 80308
(303) 682-3949 office
(303) 682-9060 fax
(303) 881-0763 cell
l...@premierlab.com
www.premierlab.com

Ship to Address:

Premier Laboratory, LLC
1567 Skyway Drive, Unit E
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-Original Message-
From: Ray via Histonet [mailto:histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] 
Sent: Friday, May 27, 2016 9:49 AM
To: Adelle Schade
Cc: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: Re: [Histonet] thank you HistoNet! Histology STEM long off-topic

Histonet- 
  
I cringe at the thought of being dinged for taking time with something somewhat 
tangential to histology but here I go.  If histology as part of STEM (science, 
technology, engineering, math) and kids' futures is a bit overboard for you, 
please use your delete button now. 
  
First Adelle Schade should be congratulated profusely for her work with her 
students and starting their high school histology/biomedical research lab.  I 
myself helped and donated to a local (Seattle) high school biotech/biomed lab 
where we (they) did some fairly sophisticated IHC and molecular techniques. I 
am also very familiar with the Intel International Science and Engineering 
Competition in Phoenix.  We in Washington state have recently sent 20 kids 
there and they have returned.  Involved with STEM educational outreach for our 
state K-12 for 15 years, I am currently re-elected to our Board of the state 
fair, WSSEF (Washington State Science and Engineering Fair).  Intel affiliated, 
we sent those 20 or so kids to Phoenix, along with Adelle's kids, to compete 
against close to 2,000 high schoolers from every state and 70 countries around 
the world. 
  
Our son is safely working on his Masters degree in Aeronautical Engineering so 
he will be in good shape.  But I am very worried for many, many kids in the US 
for an almost systemic rejection of science in lieu of nearly 100% sports, art 
and music.  I love sports having played baseball in high school and college.  I 
love artistic endeavors be it at a symphony, art museum or stage play.  I love 
music even though it might be quite different from the music many enjoy today.  
But I also love to eat well and live well and enjoyed saving up for a 
comfortable retirement.  Can you do those things in non-STEM pursuits? Of 
course you can!  Yet the fact is that very, very, very few K-12 students will 
ever make a great future life as a professional athlete, artist or musician.  
Yet in the world of the future, the majority of great jobs are in STEM.  That 
is not an opinion.  That is simply reality. 
  
So I encourage anyone to get involved with teachers in high school such as 
Adelle Schade. Histology is obviously the topic of discussion here but it can 
be with anything STEM.  Depending on which study you look at, we (the US) are 
15th-25th amongst nations in the world in K-12 science and math education.  Far 
too many of the kids in the US are being left behind for the jobs of the 
future. 
  
Having "retired" to Spokane Washington, I now find myself as a part-time 
lecturer at the University of Washington Medical School-Spokane campus, 
lecturing in microanatomy to first year medical students in their pre-clinical 
required curriculum.  Yet I still will be helping K-12 students around here in 
their local science fairs and also with the Washington State Science and 
Engineering Fair in preparation for the May 2017 INTEL international fair to be 
held in Los Angeles, CA.  A few more histology/molecular/IHC/biotech/biomed  
projects would be AWESOME. 
  
Thanks to people like Adelle and I encourage everyone with helping K-12 kids 
and their teachers with educational outreach for science fairs in histology or 
anything STEM . 
  
Ray Koelling 
UW Med School-Spokane campusl lecturer, microanatomy 
- Original Message -

From: "Adelle via Histonet Schade"  
To: "histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu"  
Sent: Friday, May 27, 2016 4:29:53 AM 
Subject: [Histonet] thank you HistoNet! 

Hello Histonet, 
I am a high school science teacher and part-time PhD student in Cell and 
Molecular Biology. I started a histology/ biomedical research laboratory in my 
high school two years ago and it has been quite an experience.  This year, two 
of my students who incorporated histological testing into their science fair 
project protocols won awards at the INTEL International Science and Engineering

Re: [Histonet] thank you HistoNet! Histology STEM long off-topic

2016-05-27 Thread Ray via Histonet 
Histonet- 
  
I cringe at the thought of being dinged for taking time with something somewhat 
tangential to histology but here I go.  If histology as part of STEM (science, 
technology, engineering, math) and kids' futures is a bit overboard for you, 
please use your delete button now. 
  
First Adelle Schade should be congratulated profusely for her work with her 
students and starting their high school histology/biomedical research lab.  I 
myself helped and donated to a local (Seattle) high school biotech/biomed lab 
where we (they) did some fairly sophisticated IHC and molecular techniques. I 
am also very familiar with the Intel International Science and Engineering 
Competition in Phoenix.  We in Washington state have recently sent 20 kids 
there and they have returned.  Involved with STEM educational outreach for our 
state K-12 for 15 years, I am currently re-elected to our Board of the state 
fair, WSSEF (Washington State Science and Engineering Fair).  Intel affiliated, 
we sent those 20 or so kids to Phoenix, along with Adelle's kids, to compete 
against close to 2,000 high schoolers from every state and 70 countries around 
the world. 
  
Our son is safely working on his Masters degree in Aeronautical Engineering so 
he will be in good shape.  But I am very worried for many, many kids in the US 
for an almost systemic rejection of science in lieu of nearly 100% sports, art 
and music.  I love sports having played baseball in high school and college.  I 
love artistic endeavors be it at a symphony, art museum or stage play.  I love 
music even though it might be quite different from the music many enjoy today.  
But I also love to eat well and live well and enjoyed saving up for a 
comfortable retirement.  Can you do those things in non-STEM pursuits? Of 
course you can!  Yet the fact is that very, very, very few K-12 students will 
ever make a great future life as a professional athlete, artist or musician.  
Yet in the world of the future, the majority of great jobs are in STEM.  That 
is not an opinion.  That is simply reality. 
  
So I encourage anyone to get involved with teachers in high school such as 
Adelle Schade. Histology is obviously the topic of discussion here but it can 
be with anything STEM.  Depending on which study you look at, we (the US) are 
15th-25th amongst nations in the world in K-12 science and math education.  Far 
too many of the kids in the US are being left behind for the jobs of the 
future. 
  
Having "retired" to Spokane Washington, I now find myself as a part-time 
lecturer at the University of Washington Medical School-Spokane campus, 
lecturing in microanatomy to first year medical students in their pre-clinical 
required curriculum.  Yet I still will be helping K-12 students around here in 
their local science fairs and also with the Washington State Science and 
Engineering Fair in preparation for the May 2017 INTEL international fair to be 
held in Los Angeles, CA.  A few more histology/molecular/IHC/biotech/biomed  
projects would be AWESOME. 
  
Thanks to people like Adelle and I encourage everyone with helping K-12 kids 
and their teachers with educational outreach for science fairs in histology or 
anything STEM . 
  
Ray Koelling 
UW Med School-Spokane campusl lecturer, microanatomy 
- Original Message -

From: "Adelle via Histonet Schade"  
To: "histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu"  
Sent: Friday, May 27, 2016 4:29:53 AM 
Subject: [Histonet] thank you HistoNet! 

Hello Histonet, 
I am a high school science teacher and part-time PhD student in Cell and 
Molecular Biology. I started a histology/ biomedical research laboratory in my 
high school two years ago and it has been quite an experience.  This year, two 
of my students who incorporated histological testing into their science fair 
project protocols won awards at the INTEL International Science and Engineering 
Competition in Phoenix, AZ.  They are considered in the top 20% of high school 
research projects in the world!  Many other Conrad Weiser High School students 
won awards at our regional fair incorporating histology into their laboratory 
techniques as well. 

This listserv was vital to their success.  I emailed the listserv last year 
asking for donations to support our summer program and the response was 
overwhelming.  Thank you for supporting histology in high school.  The students 
are learning and loving it!  I receive advice from this listserv as well in 
reference to our processes.  Your advice and words of wisdom are a key 
component to our success as a program! 

We are operating our summer program again this year.  If anyone knows of a 
laboratory that is upgrading equipment, closing, etc. and has used equipment 
that is still functioning, we would appreciate if you would forward our school 
information.  We can use any lab equipment, reagents, solutions and consumables 
used in histology, cell

[Histonet] RELIA Histology Careers Bulletin 5/27/2016 Happy Memorial Day Here's a Twist on the Traditional for your Memorial Day BBQ

2016-05-27 Thread Pam Barker via Histonet 
Hi Histonetters!
Summer is almost here already!  It seems like this year is flying by. 
 
This weekend is Memorial Day Weekend.
I want to wish you a safe and Happy Memorial Day Weekend!
 
 Since this weekend is probably the first of many cookouts and summer
get-togethers I am curious… When you have to bring something to a cookout or
party what is your go to item? 
 
If you want to try a trendy twist on a traditional summer treat I recommend
a Watermelon and Feta Salad.  I would be happy to send you the link to my
favorite version.
 
So tell me if I invited you to a cookout this weekend what would you bring?
 
Before I tell you about my current openings I need to apologize.  I have
been having some problems with my email and if you have replied to me and
not heard back that is why.  I ALWAYS respond to emails within 24 hours.  So
please know that if you haven’t heard back from me it was a technical
difficulty that has been resolved and it won’t happen again.
 
Here are my current job openings:
 
RELIA’s Current Histology Opportunities:
Amarillo, TX  Histology Supervisor 
Nashville, TN Histology Supervisor 
Roswell, NMAssistant Supervisor 
Fayetteville, AR  Lead Dermpath Histotech
Norfolk, VA   Histology tech 
Nashville, TNHistotechnician
Milwaukee, WI  Histotech 
Flagstaff, AZ   Histo tech II 
Austin, TXHistotechnician 
Birmingham, ALHistotech 
Glenwood Springs, COHistotechnician
 
These opportunities are with some of the best facilities in the U.S.  They
offer growth, training, opportunity for advancement and great people to work
with.
 All of these positions are full time permanent positions and my clients
offer a great compensation, benefits and relocation assistance/sign on
bonuses.
 
 
If you or anyone you know might be interested in any of these positions or
want help with a job search in another area please contact me.   I can be
reached at 866-607-3542 or rel...@earthlink.net   Please feel free to
contact me ASAP or shoot me an e-mail to set up a time to talk after the
holiday weekend.  
 
If you want this recipe let me know.  Also I can’t wait to hear what you
would bring!
Thanks-Pam
 
Right Place, Right Time, Right Move with RELIA!
 
Thank You!
 Pam M. Barker
 
Pam Barker
President/Senior Recruiting Specialist-Histology
RELIA Solutions
Specialists in Allied Healthcare Recruiting
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Winter Springs, FL 32708-4969
Phone: (407)657-2027
Cell: (407)353-5070
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[Histonet] thank you HistoNet!

2016-05-27 Thread Schade, Adelle via Histonet 
Hello Histonet,
I am a high school science teacher and part-time PhD student in Cell and 
Molecular Biology. I started a histology/ biomedical research laboratory in my 
high school two years ago and it has been quite an experience.  This year, two 
of my students who incorporated histological testing into their science fair 
project protocols won awards at the INTEL International Science and Engineering 
Competition in Phoenix, AZ.  They are considered in the top 20% of high school 
research projects in the world!  Many other Conrad Weiser High School students 
won awards at our regional fair incorporating histology into their laboratory 
techniques as well.

This listserv was vital to their success.  I emailed the listserv last year 
asking for donations to support our summer program and the response was 
overwhelming.  Thank you for supporting histology in high school.  The students 
are learning and loving it!  I receive advice from this listserv as well in 
reference to our processes.  Your advice and words of wisdom are a key 
component to our success as a program!

We are operating our summer program again this year.  If anyone knows of a 
laboratory that is upgrading equipment, closing, etc. and has used equipment 
that is still functioning, we would appreciate if you would forward our school 
information.  We can use any lab equipment, reagents, solutions and consumables 
used in histology, cell culturing or biotechnological processes.

Again, HistoNet, thank you for your continued support of our Conrad Weiser High 
School family!
Have a nice day,
Adelle

Ms. Adelle L. Schade, B.S., M.Ed., M.S.
Biomedical Science
Conrad Weiser High School
44 Big Spring Rd.
Robesonia, PA  19551
610-693-8599 x6783
a_sch...@conradweiser.org

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