[Histonet] Re: zebrafish and IHC

2013-02-22 Thread Hobbs, Carl
Should be no difference ( no tricks) Have a look here for some images: http://www.immunoportal.com/ Carl Hobbs FIBMS Histology and Imaging Manager Wolfson Centre for Age-Related Diseases School of Biomedical Sciences King's College London Guys Campus London SE1 1UL   Tel.020 7848 6810 fax 020

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2013-02-22 Thread Pam Barker
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[Histonet] Need Microm AP 280-3 embedding center

2013-02-22 Thread Esther Peters
The heating element for the front chamber on my formerly very dependable Microm AP 280 embedding center has burned out, right in the middle of teaching histotechniques this semester, and with grad students and me in need of it (of course!). I am wondering if anyone has a working unit of this

[Histonet] 2 Day Carolina Symposium

2013-02-22 Thread Jessica Smith
Register today for the first ever 2 day Carolina Symposium sponsored by the National Society for Histotechnology, the North Carolina Society of Histotechnology and the South Carolina Society of Histology Technicians. This two day collaboration brings the best of the three organizations

[Histonet] Competency for Anatomic and Clinical Pathology at Georgia Regents Medical Center (Medical College of GA)

2013-02-22 Thread Zimmerman, Billie
I wanted to share our competency spreadsheet that we started at the beginning of the year. I'm attaching the histology version. Not sure if attachments work on the histonet. If not, and you are interested, I'd be glad to share my template with anyone. It addresses all 6 key points. Billie

[Histonet] Randomized Curling of Thick (40um) Frozen Sections on Positively Charged Slides

2013-02-22 Thread path lab
Hello Histo-World, We are experiencing randomized curling of our thick (40um) frozen mouse brain sections. This curling occurs in the cortex and hippocampus region (these are coronal sections) during the counterstain process for Cresyl Stain (when the tissue is hydrated post alcohol gradient). Is

[Histonet] Block File Cabinets

2013-02-22 Thread Parker, Helayne
Hi All, Someone called me from a nearby Histo laboratory. They have approx 75 plastic block file cabinets that they would like to re-home for free, but new owner must pay shipping or come get them in Springfield, MO. If anyone is interested you can contact me at oreillepoint...@msn.com

[Histonet] Antibody IDH1

2013-02-22 Thread Zimmerman, Billie
Does anyone perform this antibody?? We can't get it to work on the Ventana Ultra. PhenoPath in Seattle performs it on the Dako autostainer using a small size polymer detection kit. I would appreciate any input. Thanks, Billie Zimmerman Augusta State University and Georgia Health Sciences

[Histonet] RE: Antibody IDH1

2013-02-22 Thread Bitting, Angela K.
Are you using the antibody from Dianova?? -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Zimmerman, Billie Sent: Friday, February 22, 2013 4:21 PM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject:

Re: [Histonet] Antibody IDH1

2013-02-22 Thread Roger Heyna
Billie, We use Dianova's antibody and purchase it from Fisher. We've performed this stain for a little over six months and seem to be having success with the following protocol: Dianova's IDH1 R132H Antibody, Diluted 1:100 Ventana Benchmark XT, iView Detection Standard CC1 37 degrees C 32

Re: [Histonet] Antibody IDH1

2013-02-22 Thread Richard Cartun
We run it on Leica's Bond Max with good results. We use the mouse mAb (Clone H09) from dianova at a dilution of 1:50 (15' incubation) following low-pH retrieval. Richard Richard W. Cartun, MS, PhD Director, Histology Immunopathology Director, Biospecimen Collection Programs Assistant

RE: [Histonet] Antibody IDH1

2013-02-22 Thread Bitting, Angela K.
I received a spec sheet from Dianova that has their Ventana XT protocol. It suggests using CC2 standard retrieval and incubation for 32 minutes with amp. They give a dilution range of 1:20-1:50. It seems to work well for us although we are still validating. I hope that helps. -Original

[Histonet] Re: zebrafish and IHC

2013-02-22 Thread Teri Johnson
The differences might be due to decalcification and/or differences in fixation. I presume you are decalcifying the fish? Are you using EDTA or a formic acid decalcifier? Are they fixed in 10%NBF (or equivalent) for roughly the same amount of time as your human samples? Or are you using a