Re: [Histonet] Problems with Denatured Alcohol?

2010-01-04 Thread Joe Nocito
Pam is correct, I mean, look at me, I've been denatured for many years. Happy New Year everyone JTT - Original Message - From: "Pamela Marcum" To: "Smith Wanda" Cc: Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 9:52 AM Subject: Re: [Histonet] Problems with Denatured Alcohol? Wanda, The first

[Histonet] Job In NY

2010-01-04 Thread Alyssa Peterson
Allied Search Partners is currently accepting resumes in Northern New York, just North of Albany, NY area for qualified Histotechnicians/Histotechnologists Sign On Bonus: Through Allied Search Partners $2000.00 Histotechnologists/Histotechnicians Shifts: Day Shift, 11am-7pm, Full Time, Monday-Fr

RE: [Histonet] RE: Rapid ISH

2010-01-04 Thread McMahon, Loralee A
I have had the opportunity to work with the Kappa, Lamda and EBV. Could not be easier. Tech's whom have never run an immuno by hand were doing them on the first day. I believe it is set to be release as an IVD or ASR very very shortly. Any specifics contact me directly. Loralee McMahon, HT

[Histonet] Lead Histotechnologist (Chicago, IL)

2010-01-04 Thread Crawford, Jennifer
Hello Histonetters, A client of mine in the Chicago area is currently hiring for a Lead Histotechnologist. I have listed the details for this position below and if you are interested I can be reached via email at jcraw...@aerotek.com or by phone at (847) 221-1358. Histotechnologist Job D

RE: [Histonet] (no subject)

2010-01-04 Thread Liz Chlipala
I believe a cornflake artifact is when your slides are air dried and then coverslipped you may get little refractive tiny grey spots on the slides that look like corn flakes (abnormal shapes). Liz Elizabeth A. Chlipala, BS, HTL(ASCP)QIHC Manager Premier Laboratory, LLC PO Box 18592 Boulder, C

[Histonet] (no subject)

2010-01-04 Thread wassan alkadhumi
hi all My name is Wassan am arabic i live in Iraq ,in north of Iraq to be specefic i greduated from scince collage/biotechnology department 2008,i work in a histopathology department doing basic histopathology and manual immunohistchemistry as a technician,i have avery supportive superviser who

[Histonet] RE: Rapid ISH

2010-01-04 Thread Patricia Karlisch
Hello everyone, Do any of you have experience with Rapid In Situ Hybridization. I believe Biocare has something NEW for rapid ISH staining. Are there other methods out there? Has anyone tried Biocare's Rapid ISH? If you have tried it would you let us know what you think of product. Th

RE: [Histonet] Decaling mouse joints

2010-01-04 Thread Liz Chlipala
We use formic acid (10%) for decalcification. We fix in 10% NBF for 48 hours. We decal for about 7 days for the mouse joints (ankles, front and rear paws), knees do not take as long. Liz Elizabeth A. Chlipala, BS, HTL(ASCP)QIHC Manager Premier Laboratory, LLC PO Box 18592 Boulder, Colorado 8030

[Histonet] Decaling mouse joints

2010-01-04 Thread Igor Deyneko
Dear Histonetters! I have a project coming up which would require to decalcify mouse hind legs, femur and tibia with joints. Can anyone suggest a good system, either an ion exchange or acid decal(formic acid I've heard works well) and also if anyone has a protocol on fixation and decaling, it would

Re: [Histonet] mouse Cytokine ICC/IHC protocol help.

2010-01-04 Thread Adam .
I've managed to get one chemokine (SDF-1) to work on FFPE sections. The key was using the tyramide amplification system from Perkin Elmer. It's a dirty staining because it's secreted so you see staining bound up randomly in noncellular extracellular matrix but you do see it concentrated in some cel

[Histonet] mouse Cytokine ICC/IHC protocol help.

2010-01-04 Thread Jamie E Erickson
Hi All, Happy New Year... As the new year is upon us I and my fellow histologist feel compelled to attempt IHC on mouse tissue again for the detection of various cytokines. As I have not had much success in this area in the past I thought I would ask if there is anyone out there that you know

RE: [Histonet] Cutting Frozen Lung

2010-01-04 Thread Nails, Felton
You have to infuse the lung with a 50/50 oct sucrose solution prior to freezing. -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Meghan Tucker Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 9:23 AM To: histonet@lists.uts

[Histonet] Cutting Teeth

2010-01-04 Thread Fawn Bomar
Hi everyone, I hope you all had A wonderful Holiday. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to soften teeth to cut in paraffin? Thank you Fawn - This electronic message may contain information that is confidential or legally privileg

Re: [Histonet] RE: IF staining on FFPE tissue

2010-01-04 Thread Merced M Leiker
Don't know if anyone else replied to this...but maybe try tinkering with your angtigen retrieval? Like try altering the temp, duration, or even the pH? pH can be finicky for some epitopes, I've found... Regards, Merced --On Wednesday, December 23, 2009 12:56 PM -0600 "Margaryan, Naira" wrot

Re: [Histonet] Problems with Denatured Alcohol?

2010-01-04 Thread Pamela Marcum
Wanda, The first thing you need to find out is what did they denature it with.  Denatured alcohol may not be the mixture of isopropanol and methanol in ethanol you were getting and could be chemically denatured.  This is a problem that comes up when we don't check all the variables in

RE: [Histonet] Cutting Frozen Lung

2010-01-04 Thread Watson, Linda
I always perfuse/inflate my lung samples with dilute OCT before freezing. It does make the cutting much easier and the morphology is pretty good considering that it is a frozen section. Good luck, Linda >-Original Message- >From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histone

Re: [Histonet] Probe for mouse Y chromosome for FISH

2010-01-04 Thread Merced M Leiker
Cambio does sell it, I've used their probes. OpenBiosystems is their US distributor. But it still takes 4-6 weeks (minus a hold up in customs) just to get probes to the US...not sure about Israel. We are looking at ordering from ID Labs, a company in London, Ontario (Canada), which is much cl

Re: [Histonet] Cutting Frozen Lung

2010-01-04 Thread Greg Dobbin
Hi Meghan, Healthy lung is terrible to cut frozen. All those air spaces collapse on sectioning. Unhealthy lung on the other hand is a dream to cut! I have heard it suggested to perfuse the lungs with dilute frozen cutting compound (eg OCT or similar) prior to selecting the piece(s) for frozen secti

[Histonet] Problems with Denatured Alcohol?

2010-01-04 Thread Smith Wanda
Happy New Year to Everyone! We recently changed from Reagent Alcohol to Denatured Alcohol as a cost saving measure per the "bean counters". The cutting histotechs have started complaining that the tissue seems dry and they are having difficulty cutting sections. Has anyone else had this pr

[Histonet] Cutting Frozen Lung

2010-01-04 Thread Meghan Tucker
Hello!   I am looking for some helpful hints for cutting frozen lung tissue. I have tried just about everything I can think of!   Thanks! ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/his

[Histonet] CAP regs

2010-01-04 Thread oscar gonzalez
Does anyone have any protocols to comply with the new CAP regulations regardng imaging? ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet

[Histonet] polyester wax

2010-01-04 Thread J C
Dear Histonetters! Does somebody use polyester wax for embedding? I need it for hydrogel that disappears in hot paraplast. Can you advice any manufacture to me? \Thanks, Julie Carmel, Haifa, Israel ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.e