[Histonet] Going from immmunohistochemistry to immunofluorescence

2009-09-26 Thread Adam .
Hi all, I have a few antibodies that I have successfully gotten to work using immunohistochemistry (primary + biotinylated secondary + SA-HRP + DAB). I am hoping to move from IHC to immunofluorescence. I tried the same staining using either a fluorescently conjugated secondary or a biotinylated se

[Histonet] Processors

2009-09-26 Thread Rebecca Johnson
I need advice from you wonderful techs about what processor would be best for a Derm Lab. I am going to the NSH next week and with your advice I will be able to look at some. I work now in a hospital and we have 2 VIP (Sakura) processors. I like them very much. But for a derm lab would some of

[Histonet] MSI Testing

2009-09-26 Thread Gomez, Milton
Dr. Richard Cartun, Our laboratory offers MSI testing and typically do go thru a Genetic Counselor first. Thanks, Milton A. Gomez, HTL (ASCP) Technical Supervisor Immunohistochemistry Department ARUP Laboratories, Inc. 500 Chipeta Way Salt Lake City, UT 84108-1221 Desk Phone: 801-583-2787,

RE: [Histonet] CISH on formic acid decalcified bonemarrow biopsies

2009-09-26 Thread gayle callis
To All, Gudrun, thank you for the references plus I liked your protocol where the BM are well fixed before decalcification. If anyone is interested I have a simple decalcification endpoint check that works as long as you have a balance that weighs in mg to three places. We use this faithfully f

[Histonet] CISH on formic acid decalcified bonemarrow biopsies

2009-09-26 Thread Gudrun Lang
I agree with Gayle, that EDTA is the best way for preserving DNA and RNA. But we have switched to formic acid decal of bonemarrow biopsies for the speed-reason. And we have found that IHC has become better with some markers. This year I tested CISH (Kappa/Lambda) on 25 BM and compared the results