Re: Re: [Histonet] Counterstain for fluorescent tissue

2010-01-09 Thread TF
How about fluorescent nissl? 2010-01-10 TF 发件人: Nicholas David Evans 发送时间: 2010-01-10 02:16:57 收件人: Adam . 抄送: histonet 主题: Re: [Histonet] Counterstain for fluorescent tissue Dear Adam, Thanks very much for the very helpful advice. I guess my real question, which you're answered

[Histonet] Block and Slide Storage Survey Request

2010-01-09 Thread Steve Richardson
Dear Histonet; my name is Steve Richardson and I am looking for your help. I have read much in the archives regarding issues with block and slide storage. I am looking to asses the viability of a small business dedicated to histology block and slide storage. I would like to gather some more data

[Histonet] Re: Poor Nuclear Detail

2010-01-09 Thread Robert Richmond
Rae Ann Staskiewicz (whrere?) asks: >>We had a case the other day which showed poor nuclear detail. This was fatty >>breast which had been fixed overnight before processing. Tissues were >>reprocessed in hopes of improving, but failed to do so. Does anyone have any >>ideas what may have caused

Re: [Histonet] Counterstain for fluorescent tissue

2010-01-09 Thread Nicholas David Evans
Dear Adam, Thanks very much for the very helpful advice. I guess my real question, which you're answered for me, was - is there a histological stain v similar to H&E that isn't fluorescent itself, and which you can use without screwing up the intrinsic fluorescence of your tissue? I'll just sti

Re: [Histonet] Counterstain for fluorescent tissue

2010-01-09 Thread Adam .
Hi, The most common counterstains for fluorescent work is the nuclear counterstain DAPI, which fluoresces in the UV spectrum. If your microparticles fluoresce in that wavelength, then you obviously can't use that but there are a whole host of other nuclear counterstains that fluoresce in pretty mu

AW: [Histonet] Poor Nuclear Detail

2010-01-09 Thread Gudrun Lang
One cause for poor nuclear detail is drying out of tissue. We saw this, when we let the tissue cassettes to long without formalin before VIP-processing. Gudrun Lang -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu]