RE: [Histonet] Control Slides

2011-03-10 Thread Sheila Fonner
Amanda, You will lose antigenicity on the spirochete control slides after that long of a period. We usually cut no more than 10 in advance, and we keep them in the refrigerator. Hope this helps. Sheila HT (ASCP) Knoxville Dermatopathology Lab Knoxville, TN -Original Message- From:

[Histonet] Histologist Position at Tufts University Boston

2011-03-10 Thread Papalegis, Derek
Histotechnologist Position at Tufts University, Boston Tufts University Division of Laboratory Animal Medicine (DLAM) in Boston, MA, has an immediate opening for a histotechnologist to provide research and diagnostic histology and immunohistochemistry support for Tufts University and Tufts

RE: [Histonet] diastase

2011-03-10 Thread Bonner, Janet
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[Histonet] Happy Histo Day

2011-03-10 Thread Phyllis Thaxton
Happy Histotechnology Day EveryoneI want to pass this on from Sharon Wehman of Sakura Finetek. Thank you Sharon! It gives me great pleasure to celebrate this day and give thanks to the wonderful histotechs!     -Thank you for dedicating your expertise and knowledge to every specimen,

[Histonet] Happy National Histotechnology Day from Pam Barker at RELIA Solutions

2011-03-10 Thread Pam Barker
Hi Histonetters! How are you? I wanted to take a moment and say Happy Histotechnology Professionals Day. I want to thank you not only for the job that you do and the lives that you save but also for allowing me to work with you in improving your careers. In all my years of recruiting I have

[Histonet] BOND Max vs. BOND III

2011-03-10 Thread Nancy Schmitt
Happy Histotechnology Professional Day! We currently have a Bond Max and are happy with it - looking for users of the Bond III to see if you like it - is it really almost maintenance free? - is it really faster? Honest opinions appreciated! Thanks Nancy Schmitt HT, MLT(ASCP) Histology

[Histonet] TTC staining Happy Histotechnology Professionals Day

2011-03-10 Thread John Shelley
I hope all of you are being appreciated today and really every day for the hard work that you do each and every day to make a difference in people's lives. Now down to some business, I was hoping to talk with someone either on line or off line about TTC staining on infracted hearts and how to

[Histonet] celloidin tissue staining

2011-03-10 Thread Crystal Verdick
I am currently working with 30-40 year old celloidin embedded tissue that I have sectioned myself. I have used a myelin stain of a modified Weigert's and am trying to get a Nissl stain to work with no luck. The 40 micron sections are being kept in 70% etoh in individual series jars. Weigert's

[Histonet] It's March 10th. . .

2011-03-10 Thread David Kemler
Hi HistoNetters - Have an absolutely, marvelous, fantastic and needless to say, HAPPY Histotechnology Professionals Day! I've been plugging it on my show since January 30th, so I hope everyone is celebrating OUR day! Regards, David www.HistoTALK.com

[Histonet] Job Post for NY

2011-03-10 Thread Eric Sulkosky
New Urology Histology lab opening in Booklyn, NY. Hiring full and partime histology techs. If interested please send cv and letters of interests to Ellen Barbarino ebarbar...@siradonc.com Thanks and have a great day! ___ Histonet mailing list

[Histonet] Thomas Crowell is out of the office.

2011-03-10 Thread thomas . crowell
I will be out of the office starting 03/10/2011 and will not return until 03/14/2011. Please contact Kelly Miner at 617-871-5122 if you have any questions regarding clinical trial samples. ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu

[Histonet] Ohio State Clinical Histology Manager Position

2011-03-10 Thread Whitaker, Bonnie
Hi Everyone, We are still searching for the right person to fill the Clinical Histology Manager position at The Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio. The lab does a brisk volume, our daily block count is around 760. We are open from Sunday evening until Saturday morning,

[Histonet] AUTO: Carolyn J Kent is out of the office. (returning 03/11/2011)

2011-03-10 Thread CKent
I am out of the office until 03/11/2011. I will respond to your message when I return. Note: This is an automated response to your message Histonet Digest, Vol 88, Issue 12 sent on 3/10/2011 12:05:55 PM. This is the only notification you will receive while this person is away.

RE: [Histonet] Control Slides

2011-03-10 Thread Tony Henwood
Sheila, I believe that Amanda is referring to control slides cut for the Steiner Modification of the Warthin-Starry stain not for immunohistochemistry. I would be surprised if the control slides for the Steiner's would go off. It is possible that the technique has gone out of control. Regards

Re: [Histonet] Control Slides

2011-03-10 Thread Lee Peggy Wenk
I've noticed that our spirochete control slides don't stain as intense starting about 3 months after they are sectioned, and that they stop staining by about 6 months. (This is with a silver stain.) I've talked with other histotechs, and they say they've seen the same phenomenon with AFB and

[Histonet] Histology Manager Position in Augusta, GA.

2011-03-10 Thread Oelrich, David
Hello everyone, Just a note to let you all know we have an opening in our Augusta, GA lab for a Histology Manager. The position is a combination bench/manager position supervising 5-6 techs in a reference/specialty Urology AP lab. Great facility, great team, great city. For more info or to

[Histonet] expired abs

2011-03-10 Thread Patsy Ruegg
Just wanted to remind everyone if you are about to discard expired abs I would be willing to take them and put them to good use. If you have expired abs to get rid of contact me and I will provide you a fedex acct. # so you can send them to me rather than discard. This effort paid off

[Histonet] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

2011-03-10 Thread Joyce Bidwell via LinkedIn
LinkedIn Joyce Bidwell requested to add you as a connection on LinkedIn: -- Jackie, I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn. - Joyce Accept invitation from Joyce Bidwell

RE: [Histonet] expired abs

2011-03-10 Thread Ingles Claire
I think my abs expired long ago! Happy Friday Claire From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu on behalf of Patsy Ruegg Sent: Thu 3/10/2011 8:28 PM To: 'ihcrg Group (E-mail)'; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] expired abs Just wanted