Re: [Histonet] are you desperate to hire a BS.c graduate

2015-08-12 Thread Louise H via Histonet
I am a little put off by this.  I have a BA and spent 30+ years in a research lab 20+ doing histology as well as .  I can do MANY things and histology from collecting mouse tissues to cutting human lungs!  Embedding by hand and everything from plastic on an old LKB that I had to make glass knive

[Histonet] paraffin sectioning possibly calcified heart valves

2015-08-12 Thread Jennifer Connell via Histonet
Hello, I am having trouble with sectioning of paraffin embedded human aortic valve samples. I received the embedded samples from a collaborator who had the embedding done by the pathology department at her institution. Six of the 12 samples sectioned fine but the remaining samples are develop

Re: [Histonet] Anti-roll plate

2015-08-12 Thread Joanna via Histonet
We have a Leica CM 1850. The anti-roll plate has a metal frame around it. I tried Leica and they said they don't make them anymore in Germany. But I'll try to contact Avantik. Thanks Joanna > On Aug 12, 2015, at 6:50 AM, Anne Murvosh wrote: > > Avantik Biogroup sells the Leica anti-roll pl