[Histonet] Immune cells antibody

2011-11-07 Thread Carmen Maria Garcia Pascual
Hi everyone: I want to detect immune cells (natural killers) in mouse's decidua, I wonder if somebody knows a good antibody for that. thanks!!! Carmen ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu

[Histonet] Re: sections lifting along the edges

2011-11-07 Thread Tyrone Genade
Hello, I would like to thank everyone who has replied to my post. Your comments and advice are most helpful. Kind regards -- Tyrone Genade http://tgenade.freeshell.org email: tgen...@gmail.com tel: +27-84-632-1925 (c)

[Histonet] Fwd: Formic Acid Recipe

2011-11-07 Thread Jesus Hernandez
Begin forwarded message: From: Jesus Hernandez jesus.w@gmail.com Date: November 4, 2011 4:41:20 PM CDT To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: Formic Acid Recipe Dear all, I was having trouble staining Human embryonic palatal mesenchymal cells with multi-stain solution.

RE: [Histonet] Training and Competency Assessment for HE Slide Review

2011-11-07 Thread Amber McKenzie
Can I do HistoQip if I am CLIA certified or does it have to be a CAP lab? -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Patsy Ruegg Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2011 2:17 PM To: 'Janice Mahoney';

RE: [Histonet] paraffin temperature

2011-11-07 Thread Amber McKenzie
I have my paraffin chambers set at 60 degrees (embedding center and processor) -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Jennifer MacDonald Sent: Friday, November 04, 2011 11:00 PM To: Zoe rosa Cc:

RE: [Histonet] Re: Celestin blue B (was Help)

2011-11-07 Thread Houston, Ronald
I believe Celestine Blue was used much more frequently in the UK in the 70s and 80s, preferred to an iron hematoxylin, in many trichrome stains including Lendrum's MSB, as Peggy mentions; the nuclear staining withstanding further differentiation during the subsequent staining from either picric

Re: [Histonet] Re: Celestin blue B (was Help)

2011-11-07 Thread John Kiernan
Thanks Peggy for the helpful information about recent commercial haemalum substitutes. The MSDS for tango describes only an acidified solution of the dye (eriochrome cyanine R). This would need to be mixed with a ferric salt to make a blue nuclear stain. Iron-ECR is probably the best

[Histonet] My bit of trivia for today - True Blue

2011-11-07 Thread Morken, Timothy
I was listening to the Wait Wait Don't Tell Me radio show this weekend and they had to come up with the derivation of True Blue as a saying. Turns out it had to do with blue dye colorfastness. Later they would call it Fast Blue - but that does not convey the later meaning of the phrase..

[Histonet] RE: Zeiss Microm Rotary Microtome HM 325

2011-11-07 Thread Burton, Lynn
Try Tech One Biomedical at www.techoneweb.com or 1-866-497-3033. They do good work. Lynn Burton Lab Assoc I Animal Disease Lab Galesburg, Il 309-344-2451 From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf

[Histonet] RE: My bit of trivia for today - True Blue

2011-11-07 Thread Connolly, Brett M
Interesting Tim My true blue story dates from several years back when I was working up some multiplex IHC staining using 2 HRP substrates. One was DAB and the second was True Blue Substrate from KPL Labs. It worked quite nicely, but is alcohol/xylene soluble so one needs only to wash in

Re: [Histonet] My bit of trivia for today - True Blue

2011-11-07 Thread Loralei Dewe
That's pretty cool!!! I never knew... Loralei On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 10:09 AM, Morken, Timothy timothy.mor...@ucsfmedctr.org wrote: I was listening to the Wait Wait Don't Tell Me radio show this weekend and they had to come up with the derivation of True Blue as a saying. Turns out it had

[Histonet] (no subject)

2011-11-07 Thread cheska mt
Hello I am currently studying to become a histotech. I wanted to know why should the paraffin in the microwave processor be kept at 84 degrees. Thanks ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu

[Histonet] Quiestion?

2011-11-07 Thread cheska mt
From: chesk...@hotmail.com To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2011 11:32:09 -0800 Hello I am currently studying to become a histotech. I wanted to know why should the paraffin in the microwave processor be kept at 84 degrees. Thanks

[Histonet] RE: My bit of trivia for today - True Blue

2011-11-07 Thread Marsh, Nannette
Thank you for the great explanation along with a little history :-) -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Morken, Timothy Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 12:09 PM To:

RE: [Histonet] My bit of trivia for today - True Blue

2011-11-07 Thread Sherwood, Margaret
I love Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me! Interesting bit of trivia. Peggy Sherwood Lab Associate, Photopathology Wellman Center for Photomedicine (EDR 214) Massachusetts General Hospital 50 Blossom Street Boston, MA 02114-2696 617-724-4839 (voice mail) 617-726-6983 (lab) 617-726-1206 (fax)

RE: [Histonet] Immune cells antibody; Histonet Digest, Vol 96, Issue 12

2011-11-07 Thread Megan French
Message: 12 Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2011 09:48:01 +0100 (CET) From: Carmen Maria Garcia Pascualcarmen.m.gar...@uv.es Subject: [Histonet] Immune cells antibody To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Message-ID: 2427631794carma...@uv.es Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi everyone: I

RE: [Histonet] My bit of trivia for today - True Blue

2011-11-07 Thread Tony Henwood (SCHN)
In Australia, True Blue has other meanings From the website: http://www.malleeboy.com/music/true_blue_21.html An Australian country western singer named John Williamson wrote a song entitled True Blue Definition of True Blue: Steadfast loyal Australian who displays the Aussie ideals of a

[Histonet] Specimen Couriers

2011-11-07 Thread Victor Tobias
One of our Lab Managers asked me to throw this topic to the Histonet. Who is transporting surgical specimens between sites and are you using a tracking system, if so what is it? Also, do you use a hired courier or have a department courier system? I will forward all replies to the manager.

Re: [Histonet] paraffin temperature

2011-11-07 Thread Massimo
There is a very simple method to establish the real melting point of your paraffin. You fill with melted paraffin a glass capillary  and you allow it to solidify. Then you dip the capillary into a porcelain capsule full of water in which the bulb of a thermometer is plunged. You slowly heat the