RE: [Histonet] Stain recipe. Nuclear fast red

2011-12-14 Thread idimitro
John, No offence, there is so much in histology I don't know, and any way I can learn is good. I use your textbook all the time. In this case I meant to use chlorantine fast red 5B, which they want to use, instead of nuclear fast red, which is in my protocol. What protocol would you suggest for

[Histonet] Uneven Staining

2011-12-14 Thread Elizabeth Cameron
We are doing a Hale's colloidal iron stain (no counterstain) on serial sections of mouse kidneys. We are staining an entire kidney at a time (about 90-150 slides), and after many successful runs, we are now finding some slides in each batch with very uneven staining. Half of a section will

Re: [Histonet] Uneven Staining

2011-12-14 Thread Geoff McAuliffe
On 12/14/2011 9:55 AM, Elizabeth Cameron wrote: We are doing a Hale's colloidal iron stain (no counterstain) on serial sections of mouse kidneys. We are staining an entire kidney at a time (about 90-150 slides), and after many successful runs, we are now finding some slides in each batch

[Histonet] Stain Dye Stability

2011-12-14 Thread Breeden, Sara
I received a reply yesterday from an individual who attached a link to the article in Biotechnic Histochemistry relating to stability of dry stains. I have deleted that link but have had some inquiries from others about that article. Would the person who posted in response to my inquiry please

RE: [Histonet] Stain Dye Stability

2011-12-14 Thread Sherwood, Margaret
Please share the link with all. I have the reference you mentioned. 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)

[Histonet] part-time employment

2011-12-14 Thread Bales, Candy A
On behalf of a friend, I am posting this part-time job request. Houston Urology Partners in Houston Texas has a PRN position available. For more details, please contact Linda Travitz at 713-861-9990 or via email at ltrav...@hotmail.commailto:ltrav...@hotmail.com Thank you Candy Bales, HT Chief

RE: [Histonet] Stain recipe. Nuclear fast red

2011-12-14 Thread John Kiernan
If the objects of interest are stained with alcian blue, any pink or red counterstain should be OK. Aluminium-nuclear fasr red if they want to see nuclei; eosin if a general pink to red background is sufficient. HE is also OK after alcian blue because the two blue colours are clearly different.

[Histonet] RELIA Special Job Alert 12-14-2011 Histology Supervisor needed in Miami, FL. Can you help?

2011-12-14 Thread Pam Barker
Hi Histonetters!! I hope everybody is having a great day. I have a new position to post here on the histonet. Here is the info: Histology Supervisor - Nights for a Great Private Lab in Miami, FL RELIA Solutions the nation’s only recruiting firm specializing in the nationwide permanent

[Histonet] stain shelf life

2011-12-14 Thread Shea's
Ditto, to the previous messages my best stain powders are from the early 1900's. For those CAP accredited lab, this is what CAP has to say about stains w/o expiration dates (below) What I have done to comply is, I have a policy that states that I evaluate reagents at least annually

[Histonet] Stain Dye Stability

2011-12-14 Thread Breeden, Sara
For those of you who are patiently waiting for a link to the article, I am waiting for the person to re-post the link. If there is any way you might be able to access the article by searching online, it comes from Biotechnic Histochemistry 2009, 84(1): 11-15. Possibly there is some sort of link

[Histonet] Diane Tokugawa/CA/KAIPERM is out of the office.

2011-12-14 Thread Diane . Tokugawa
I will be out of the office starting 12/14/2011 and will not return until 12/15/2011. Note: For Cytology issues, please call Molly at 8-421-5487, Eric at 8-421-5405, or Wanda 8-421-5426 For Histology / IHC issues, please call Client services 8-421-5408 to reach Maria (IHC), Mario at

[Histonet] Histotechnician Opening- San Fran Bay Area

2011-12-14 Thread Heidi Hawthorne
Hello, We have an immediate need for a Histotechnician for our client in the East Bay of San Francisco. Approximately 3 month assignment, day/early morning shift available working in a hospital lab. Requirements: At least 6 months of paid experience in a histology laboratory preparing and

[Histonet] ChAT staining of nerves / spinal cord

2011-12-14 Thread Melanie Walker
Hello Histonet, I hope you can help me with some troubleshooting. I am having some background issues that I am not sure how to get rid of. I actually am working with two different ChAT antibodies and trying to get at least one of them up and running. I am performing IHC on FFPE Sheep sciatic

Re: [Histonet] Stain Dye Stability

2011-12-14 Thread John Kiernan
Dear Sara, The Biological Stain Commission web site http://biostain.com has a Members Only section that provides access to the complete archive of Biotechnic Histochemistry and its predecessor, Stain Technology. The publisher's web site http://informahealthcare.com (with links to find

[Histonet] RE: DAB haematoxylin counterstain; too purple,

2011-12-14 Thread C.M. van der Loos
Hi Megan, Try to lift the coveslip (soak in xylene for a couple of hours), remove excess of mountant in xylene and then go into alcohol. Dip your slides in alcohol plus hydrochloric acid (95 ml alcohol absolute + 5 ml conc. HCl) for 5 min and then into water. Most of the hematoxylin will be