[Histonet] Re: annoying crystals on sections

2012-08-21 Thread David A. Wright
w the desired blueing. Alternatively, substitute TRIS or similar as the buffer in the preceding step and go directly to tapwater. If you have valuable sections with crystals on them, you should be able to chelate away the deposits in an EDTA solution, then restain as needed. all the best! -Dav

[Histonet] Re: rat muscle fixation

2012-06-19 Thread David A. Wright
sion. You could check out some of their muscle to see if it is of a suitable quality. I'd ask the veterinarians in your animal facility to suggest someone who is doing this regularly, since this does require institutional approval as a non-survival surgery under deep anesthesia. -David == D

[Histonet] Re: endogenous peroxidase

2012-06-12 Thread David A. Wright
endogenous peroxidase in eosinophils Anyone have tips for quenching endogenous peroxidase in eosinophils? Our standard px block is not doing the job (Biocare Peroxidazed-1). Thanks, Kim Kim Merriam, MA, HT(ASCP)QIHC Cambridge, MA ======== David A. Wright, Ph.D. University of Chicago Section of Ne

[Histonet] Re: Rbt on Rbt

2011-12-02 Thread David A. Wright
r else you will neutralize your primary with the residue. Sorry this isn't a specific protocol, but I haven't seen any other reply (I only read the daily digest) -David == David A. Wright, Ph.D. University of Chicago Section of Neurosurgery, MC3026 >Message: 1 >Date: Thu, 1 Dec 20

[Histonet] Re: DAB reduction

2011-05-25 Thread David A. Wright
chromogen (and, if you do more Ag retrieval, you would remove accessible complexes that way). I do sequential peroxidase reactions routinely, with no x-rxn after DAB 1st round. I hope you were not planning to re-stain for the same antigen; it will be masked by the DAB ppt. -David == David A. Wri

[Histonet] whole retinal staining

2011-04-19 Thread David A. Wright
rate from both sides of the retina - extra valuable because your incubation times are going to be very long with material this thick. (I assume you are not just interested in superficial layers.) A microwave processor would help with penetration, but I have no direct experience. -David == D

[Histonet] Re: floating section incubation times

2010-08-05 Thread David A. Wright
needs 4x the time. Note that the same principle applies to leaching out unbound reagents - you should lengthen your wash steps too, by the same factor, to prevent high background. happy staining -David David A. Wright, PhD University of Chicago Section of Neurosurgery Original message Da

[Histonet] Re: paraformaldehyde grade

2008-09-11 Thread David A. Wright
lot even with good stuff (approx every half liter). -David ------ David A. Wright PhD University of Chicago Section of Neurosurgery Original message >Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:09:50 -0500 (CDT) >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Histonet Digest, Vol 58, Issue 13 Message: 1 >

[Histonet] Re: BrdU

2008-09-11 Thread David A. Wright
e B44) which only needed a few minutes in 0.07N NaOH to unmask to BrdU. I think it's still available. Good luck! -David David A. Wright PhD University of Chicago Section of Neurosurgery Original message Histonet Digest, Vol 58, Issue 13 Message: 11 Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 1