[Histonet] techniques for archaeological bone

2012-07-24 Thread Louise Renton
Hi all... Had someone in here who is interested in sectioning old bones - any ideas as to what would be the best embedding medium? These are bones from a graveyard more than 100 years old - not fossils. Decal is out of the question - so it would have to be a resin of some sort. Tips, ideas,

Re: [Histonet] Secondary antibody causing nuclear staining?

2012-07-24 Thread Eva Permaul
I understand the point about the biotin and I should have said that when using the ABC method we have taken to always using an avidin/biotin blocking kit. We are using biotinylated secondary antibodies from Vector. I have seen the same problem occur in our anti-mouse, anti-rabbit and anti-goat. In

Re: [Histonet] Secondary antibody causing nuclear staining?

2012-07-24 Thread Kim Donadio
Are you getting false positives and variations on the same control tissue for different days ? Sent from my iPhone On Jul 24, 2012, at 8:13 AM, Eva Permaul e...@georgetown.edu wrote: I understand the point about the biotin and I should have said that when using the ABC method we have taken

Re: [Histonet] Secondary antibody causing nuclear staining?

2012-07-24 Thread Eva Permaul
We standard use a Citrate pH6. We do 20min at 98C followed by cooling in the citrate for 20min. Eva On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 8:29 AM, James Burchette Jr. james.burche...@duke.edu wrote: What is your heat retrieval process? Jim Burchette, HT(ASCP) QIHC Histologist and Fly Fishing Bum

Re: [Histonet] Secondary antibody causing nuclear staining?

2012-07-24 Thread Eva Permaul
These samples were all human but I have seen it in Mouse mammary gland as well but those nuclei were lighter. Eva On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 8:51 AM, James Burchette Jr. james.burche...@duke.edu wrote: Thanks Eva. I don't know why you are having the nuclear staining problem. Your retrieval

[Histonet] Cyclin D1 IHC

2012-07-24 Thread Suresch, Donna L.
Hello Histonetters, Has anyone done IHC using Cyclin D1 antibody? What vendor was used? What control tissue was used? Thank you. Donna Suresch - Merck Co. Donna L. Suresch Imaging Research Scientist Merck Research Laboratories Department of Imaging - West Point Campus Mail Stop: WP44K

Re: [Histonet] Cyclin D1 IHC

2012-07-24 Thread Eva Permaul
We have used Neomarkers/Labvision cat.no. RM-9104 on mouse salivary glands and mammary glands. On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 11:16 AM, Suresch, Donna L. donna_sure...@merck.com wrote: Hello Histonetters, Has anyone done IHC using Cyclin D1 antibody? What vendor was used? What control tissue was

Re: [Histonet] Cyclin D1 IHC

2012-07-24 Thread Mark Tarango
Hi Donna, We use Dako #M3635 at 1:100. Mantle cell lymphoma is our control. Mark On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 8:16 AM, Suresch, Donna L. donna_sure...@merck.comwrote: Hello Histonetters, Has anyone done IHC using Cyclin D1 antibody? What vendor was used? What control tissue was used? Thank

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[Histonet] Question about waste storage temperature

2012-07-24 Thread Bustamante, Lin
Can I store (Xylene substitute, Isopropanol and Formalin) each, separated in 5 gallons (closed with a tight lid) plastic containers placed inside spill tray in a room that the temperature can rise up to 40°C in the summer? One container at the time, before it gets pick up by waste company.

[Histonet] HistoTALK Show

2012-07-24 Thread David Kemler
Hi Everyone - This past HistoTALK http://www.histotalk.com/ show on Sunday, July 22nd had as its guest Wanda Jones from Emory University Hospital. Just wanted you all to know. Oh, and BTW, before that show #28, our guest was Billie Swisher! Two wonderful interviews.   Yours, Dave

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RE: [Histonet] CD200

2012-07-24 Thread Glen Dawson
I would be interested in this as well... Thank-you, Glen Dawson BS, HT(ASCP), QIHC Histology Technical Specialist Janesville, WI From: 41dm...@gmail.com Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 14:03:36 -0400 To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] CD200 Is anyone out there running

[Histonet] Non-Histo. question

2012-07-24 Thread Sarah Dysart
So, I go on maternity leave in 52 (I hope...) days...while out I will have one of those automatic messages that says I'm out...Since I get say 20ish emails a day from histonet I would assume that 20ish of these replys will go out to everyone, and I don't want to drive people bonkers. Maybe the

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Re: [Histonet] Non-Histo. question

2012-07-24 Thread Eva Permaul
Hi Sarah, I had a similar situation. If you go into your profile on the Histonet site you can click to not receive any of the Histonet messages while you are away. Then when you get back and want the messages again you just change it back. Eva On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 2:35 PM, Sarah Dysart

Re: [Histonet] Secondary antibody causing nuclear staining?

2012-07-24 Thread Eva Permaul
Yes. The strength of the stained nuclei in the no primary slides are stronger on some days than others. On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 8:18 AM, Kim Donadio one_angel_sec...@yahoo.comwrote: Are you getting false positives and variations on the same control tissue for different days ? Sent from my

[Histonet] Bielschowsky questions, Luxol Fast Blue answers, and Protocol Drift.

2012-07-24 Thread Tim Wheelock
Hi Everyone: I had a few questions regarding Bielschowsky silver stains. (1) What adhesive (if any) or type of slide do you use for the stain? (2) How do you clean the glassware? (3) When diluting the 40% formaldehyde when making up the developer, do you consider the 40% formaldehyde as 100%

[Histonet] Tennessee BB

2012-07-24 Thread Rena Fail
Okay 30 years is too long in histology! I should have retired sooner than I did,. I saw this subject heading as a new stain for bacteria instead of an ad for a bed and breakfast in Tennessee. Rena Fail ___ Histonet mailing list

[Histonet] 2012 Hard Tissue Forum Event in Bethesda, MD (August 18th!)

2012-07-24 Thread Jack Ratliff
Hello! My name is Jack Ratliff and I am Chairman of the Hard Tissue Committee (HTC) for the National Society for Histotechnology (NSH). On behalf of the HTC and the NSH, we would like to invite you to attend and participate in the 2012 Hard Tissue Forum. This event will take place August

[Histonet] Job Opportunity at Weill Cornell Medical College, NYC

2012-07-24 Thread monettes
Description The Tri-Institutional Laboratory of Comparative Pathology provides research pathology support to investigators at Weill Cornell Medical College, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and The Rockefeller University, located in New York City. This position supports the mission of

[Histonet] counter stain for PAS for fungus

2012-07-24 Thread Steve McClain
Change all your reagents. Change periodic acid every week at least. Personally I see little advantage in fast green, and a common downside is overstaining in many labs, hiding fungus and basement membrane. Faint Hematoxylin is acceptable counterstain. For certain applications, e.g., dual

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Re: [Histonet] Secondary antibody causing nuclear staining?

2012-07-24 Thread Tony Reilly
Hello Eva I had a similar problem with an actin antibody many years ago. We eventually after many trials decided that it was an artifact caused by the heat retrieval possibly in relation to the length of fixation time. By playing with the dilution we eventually eliminated the problem by not

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