[Histonet] slide box freezer racks

2011-08-23 Thread Ed Roy
Hi I have a gazillion Fisher brand slide boxes that hold 50 slides each. We store the slides (fresh frozen unfixed) at -80 in freezer bags, but they are just piled into the freezer. Does anyone know of a source for a rack to organize such boxes in a -80 chest freezer? Thanks, Ed Roy

[Histonet] motorized cryostat

2011-05-13 Thread Ed Roy
. Are the sections any better? Thanks for any opinions on this and any recommendations on a good cryostat at a reasonable cost. Ed Roy -- Edward Roy, PhD Professor of Pathology Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 506 S. Mathews Ave. Urbana, IL 61801 217

[Histonet] lymph nodes peeling out of OCT

2010-10-28 Thread Ed Roy
Hi We do a lot of IHC on mouse lymph nodes, unfixed, fresh-frozen in OCT. Sometimes individual lymph nodes will peel away from the OCT as they are being cut, and then curl up, making them impossible to get a good section. In the same mold several will be fine and one will curl up. Cutting

[Histonet] lymph nodes peeling out of OCT

2010-10-28 Thread Ed Roy
Hi We do a lot of IHC on mouse lymph nodes, unfixed, fresh-frozen in OCT. Sometimes individual lymph nodes will peel away from the OCT as they are being cut, and then curl up, making it impossible to get a good section. In the same mold several will be fine and one will curl up. Cutting