[Histonet] RELIA Histology Careers Bulletin 7/27/09 What are you doing to stay cool during the Hot Hot Hot Dog Days of Summer?

Hi Histonetters!! I hope you are having a great day! ! What are you doing to stay cool during these dog days of summer? I am sipping icy cold drinks and spending as much time as possible at the beach and water park!!! If you are contemplating making a job change let me help while you kick

[Histonet] Razors for dissection

Hi We are looking for razor blades to be used in specimen dissection. The tissue is frozen and will be cut by hand. So the blade is like a long straight razor with a ridge along the back that is rounded. The length I believe is 2. It will be used in a research lab. If anyone has any info

Re: [Histonet] Razors for dissection

Some types of very similar one-edge razor can be bought at any office supplies store, cheaper than at any medical supplier. René J. --- On Mon, 7/27/09, Vande Berg, Mariah mvandeb...@chw.org wrote: From: Vande Berg, Mariah mvandeb...@chw.org Subject: [Histonet] Razors for dissection To:

[Histonet] Beecher tissue array maker

Hi All. I have been attempting to contact Beecher Instruments regarding an ETA on TMA needles. So far, no replies to voice mail or email. Does anyone have a personal contact at this company? Thanks. Patti Loykasek BS, HTL, QIHC Clinical Lab Supervisor PhenoPath Laboratories Seattle, WA This

[Histonet] Help with Connexin 43

Anyone out there doing FFPE IHC on rat for Connexin 43 - I am having trouble getting the titration right on this just wondering what types of dilutions anyone is using??? I am using a standard avidin/biotin complex staining system with and endogenous AV/BI block and not getting anything of

RE: [Histonet] Beecher tissue array maker

I have had the incredible pleasure of trying to contact someone, anyone at beecher. It is impossible. I placed two separate orders more than 6 months ago and no one has responded to my voicemail, emails. Luckily one of the orders arrived and now we are waiting on the second order. It may

RE: [Histonet] Beecher tissue array maker

I have had the same problem. It's almost as if nobody answers the phone there. They're less than 20 miles from my building, but they might as well be the Ukraine. Tom Pier McMahon, Loralee A loralee_mcma...@urmc.rochester.edu 07/27/09 1:31 PM I have had the incredible pleasure of trying

RE: [Histonet] Razors for dissection

Pathco offers a handle and 2' double-edged blade. The blades are the exact same as carpet blades found at Home Depot ($16/100). Jim ___ James E. Staruk HT(ASCP) www.masshistology.com www.nehorselabs.com -Original Message- From:

[Histonet] Sakura Tissue Tek Xpress

My group is considering the purchase of the Sakura Tissue Tek Xpress Continuous Rapid Tissue Processor. Can any Histonetters give me feedback on their experience with this instrument? I'd like to hear the good and the bad. Can you justify the cost? How did you modify your staffing schedule?

[Histonet] Workshop

Would like some input from Histonetters, sent directly to my home email, not through Histonet. lpw...@sbcglobal.net I'm giving a workshop at NSH this year on cultural and religious considerations in the laboratory, along with a minister who is in charge of our hospital's pastoral care education.

[Histonet] resins for embedding of PEG scaffolds

Hello all. I am looking for a non-paraffin embedding medium for some rat tissues which have grown into a polyethylene glycol-based porous tissue engineering scaffold (a second component of the scaffold is PCL, polycaprolactone). Being PEG-based, the scaffolds are essentially hydrophilic in