[Histonet] Re: zebrafish and IHC

2013-02-23 Thread Hobbs, Carl
Good point by Teri Johnson. I don't decalcify, thus my results may well be compromised by this procedureand, sure, the bone is disrupted. I am only interested in CNS/PNS so, I don't worry about bone/cartilage disruption. I fix in std 10% NBF. Imho, it is better to "overfix" rather than to wor

[Histonet] sections falling off

2013-02-23 Thread Megha Kumar
Hi Histonetters ! Can anyone suggest how to prevent adult mouse skin sections from falling off during in situ hybridization? How to make sections adhere better to slides? I am using poly-lysine coated slides for 5-10 micron thick skin sections. The tissue is fixed in 4% PFA and embedded in paraffi