[Histonet] Frozen brains on cryostat

2012-05-01 Thread Andrea Ferullo (non-Celgene)
Hello everyone, I recently received rat brain samples that were frozen in liquid nitrogen and embedded in OCT. I sectioned them on the cryostat and they are coming out very wrinkled, no matter what technique I use to pick them up. I would appreciate any tips/tricks that anyone has to offer.

[Histonet] RE: ammonium hydroxide

2012-03-09 Thread Andrea Ferullo (non-Celgene)
You can try removing two of the absolute alcohol steps, as it seems you are using too much 100% etoh. Also, the tissue is probably dry from not being infiltrated properly, so instead of doing 3 paraffin steps, you can try 1 step for 1 hour to remove xylene, and then the second step over night.

[Histonet] activated microglia antibody

2011-09-21 Thread Andrea Ferullo (non-Celgene)
Hello, We are trying to order activated rat anti-mouse microglia antibody (1:200) from BD Pharmingen but are unable to find the correct catalog number. Does anyone know where I can find it to order it? Thanks. Andrea * THIS ELECTRONIC