RE: [Histonet] Smooth muscle cell actin

2013-03-07 Thread Anatoli Gleiberman
Patti, The best antibody (much better than any rabbit, goat or even the same 1A4 clone conjugated with FITC) are: Mouse monoclonal Anti-alpha-smooth muscle actin Cy3 conjugated, Sigma cat.No.C6198. Works in dilution 1:500-1:2000 on formaldehyde fixed cell cultures, cryosections (both from fresh

Re: [Histonet] RE: DAB source needed

2013-03-07 Thread soofia siddiqui
I love Sigma DAB Tablets, they come in 1-5 and 15 MLs and you have to dissolve in water. The only problem is that they do not have any expression date. Soofia From: Blazek, Linda lbla...@digestivespecialists.com To: Sandra Cheasty cheas...@svm.vetmed.wisc.edu;

[Histonet] Question on Estrogen antibodies for fish

2013-03-07 Thread Shirley A. Powell
I am asking this for a researcher. Please respond to her at klar_elizab...@columbusstate.edumailto:klar_elizab...@columbusstate.edu. Her name is Ely Klar. She is looking for any form of estrogen antibody that works on bass fish gonads. Vendor's responses welcome. Shirley A. Powell,

Re: [Histonet] problem with DAB staining

2013-03-07 Thread Robert Schoonhoven
We would need to see the entire set of steps as there may be a variety of causes. Robert Schoonhoven, HT/HTL (ASCP) From: Nicole Cosenza ncose...@siumed.edu To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Sent: Thursday, March 7, 2013 12:50 PM Subject: [Histonet]

Re: [Histonet] problem with DAB staining

2013-03-07 Thread tahseen
Section should not dry in any stapes. Tahseen On 2013-03-07 22:50, Nicole Cosenza wrote: Hello all: I recently did IHC on paraffin embedded slides via the DAB method. Upon addition of the DAB, the entire section turned brown. I know this is not true staining, as I don't expect a high

Re: [Histonet] Microtome upgrade, planning stages...

2013-03-07 Thread Rene J Buesa
Add another Leica to your list René J, From: kgrob...@rci.rutgers.edu kgrob...@rci.rutgers.edu To: histonet histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Sent: Thursday, March 7, 2013 2:32 PM Subject: [Histonet] Microtome upgrade, planning stages... We are starting to look into upgrading to higher-end, but

[Histonet] Kudos

2013-03-07 Thread Zimmerman, Billie
Thanks to everyone for your suggestions and protocols for the IDH1 antibody. It helped immensely and now I don't have to beat my head against the wall anymore! Billie Zimmerman MT(ASCP)QIHC Laboratory Clinical Operations Mgr. BF 117 706-721-5617/3630 Fax: 706-434-4883 Augusta State

RE: [Histonet] SOP numbering for whole lab

2013-03-07 Thread Betty Pollock
Our histology SOPs start with H- (to distinguish them from other area SOPs) then each is assigned a unique chronological 4 digit ID number followed by the version number. For example: H-0001.00 where 0001 is the number for a specific SOP and .00 refers to the original version. The number for

[Histonet] Has anybody ever used...

2013-03-07 Thread kgrobert
Leica's CoolClamp, or Thermo's Cool Cut? These sound like a possible good solution for the inevitable days when the aging AC plant here can't keep up with the summer heat. Thanks so much! Kathleen Principal Lab Technician Neurotoxicology Labs Molecular Pathology Facility Core Dept of