[Histonet] CAP programs

2010-10-04 Thread Tench, Bill
There are now online CAP PIP programs. I have done one on prostate. Also there are online programs for the cytology part. Review the catalogue. Bill Tench Associate Dir. Laboratory Services Chief, Cytology Services Palomar Medical Center 555 E. Valley Parkway Escondido, California 92025 bill.t

RE: [Histonet] Re: Marking inks

2010-10-04 Thread Tony Henwood
The following might be of use Marking surgical margins are often required for determining the adequacy of excision of lesions. Sometimes up to 6 margins (medial, lateral, superior, inferior, superial and deep margins) are required to be individually marked. The properties of a good marker include

[Histonet] Re: PI for Pathologists

2010-10-04 Thread Robert Richmond
From: "Laurie Colbert" Subject: [Histonet] PI for Pathologists Laurie Colbert at Huntington Hospital in Pasadena CA asks: >>Our pathologists do not like the CAP survey for their performance improvement >>program in Surgical Pathology. Does anyone know of any other >>company/organization that m

[Histonet] Histo job in Chicago

2010-10-04 Thread Matthew Mincer
Hey All, I met with a guy today who mentioned he was looking for 3 or 4 techs for a histology lab he is opening. I told him I would post the opening on histonet. His information is: Dr. Nabil Hatoum Experimur Toxicology 4045 S Morgan St Chicago, IL 60609 773-254-2700 www.experimur.com Good l

RE: [Histonet] IHC unfixed human brain tissue

2010-10-04 Thread Connolly, Brett M
Neil, You need to do some fixation. Hopefully they are mounted on charged slides. We routinely post-fix fresh-frozen human brain sections in cold Acetone/ETOH (3:1) for 10 min and then proceed with the IHC staining. Brett Brett M. Connolly, Ph.D. Molecular Imaging Team Leader Merck & Co., Inc.

Re: [Histonet] IHC unfixed human brain tissue

2010-10-04 Thread Rene J Buesa
1- they are very delicate, so treat them accordingly! 2- you do not need to use antigen retrieval, since they have been sectioned frozen. 3- go directly to block→Ab→detection→chromogen→ H&E counterstain. 4- the times could be shorter than with FFPE sections. 5- wash very delicately. 6- dehydrate a

[Histonet] IHC unfixed human brain tissue

2010-10-04 Thread Neil M. Fournier
I have limited experience working with human brain tissue and would like to stain some human brain sections that I received. They were not fixed, but were flash frozen and sectioned on a cryostat, and mounted onto slides. Could someone give me a brief run down of their standard methodological stai

Re: [Histonet] Direct immunofluoresent question

2010-10-04 Thread Rene J Buesa
I used to mark on the slide, around the section, with a wax marker. Once dried and the procedure completed, cover and observe. René J. --- On Mon, 10/4/10, ba...@gundluth.org wrote: From: ba...@gundluth.org Subject: [Histonet] Direct immunofluoresent question To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern

[Histonet] DIF Transport Media

2010-10-04 Thread kristen arvidson
Is Michel Medium the same as Zeus?  Do these need to be refrigerated? Thanks. ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet

[Histonet] Direct immunofluoresent question

2010-10-04 Thread bamoe
Hi all - The pathologist that reads our direct IF slides likes to have the sections of tissue circled on the slide so that they are easier to find. We currently use black marker on the back of the slide, but find that many times it smears and are looking for a better solution. What kind of slid

[Histonet] PI for Pathologists

2010-10-04 Thread Laurie Colbert
Our pathologists do not like the CAP survey for their performance improvement program in Surgical Pathology. Does anyone know of any other company/organization that might offer something like this for our pathologists? ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet

[Histonet] 3-6 month temp position in Gaithesburg Maryland

2010-10-04 Thread Madary, Joseph
`HT or HTL ASCP-tech will perform duties in a veterinary histology lab at Medimmune in Gaithersburg Md. Tech should be able to perform full-tissue necropsies on rodents, subsequent trimming, perform manual and automated tissue processing, decals, embedding in OCT and paraffin, microtomy and cryoto

Re: [Histonet] HMGB and RAGE; TLR2, TLR4 antibodies

2010-10-04 Thread Fabrice GANKAM
thanks Amos which one did you used ? you have catalog number ? On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 9:44 PM, Amos Brooks wrote: > Hi, > I am currently working on HMGB1. It is a weird one! If you go by the > data sheets you will get great nuclear staining on all the nuclei. This is > not what you are afte