Re: [Histonet] Dako Autostainer Plus

2024-03-26 Thread Jmyers1 via Histonet
Hi Denise:I've had extensive experience with the AutoStainer line of instruments, originally manufactured by LabVision and offered by a number IHC product vendors.  If memory serves me, the most important aspect of any (desktop-style) PC that you intend to use as a replacement for the original

[Histonet] Quality Control Manager position at Biocare Medical

2014-05-12 Thread JMyers1
Greetings Fellow Histonetters -- I have been asked to 'post' the following job opportunity on my employer's behalf: Biocare Medical, a leading manufacturer of IHC/ISH reagents and instruments, is seeking to fill the position of Immunohistochemistry Quality Control Manager within its

RE: [Histonet] (IHC/Molecular) meeting

2013-08-14 Thread JMyers1
Dorothy: I believe that the conference you're referring to is the Annual International Retreat on Applied Immunohistochemistry and Molecular Pathology, which is sponsored by an organization called Pathology Learning Center. Information relating to the meeting held this past February can

[Histonet] Annual NSH-IHC Resource Group Meeting

2012-09-25 Thread JMyers1
Greetings All: For those of you who are planning to attend the National Society for Histotechnology's Symposium/Convention later this week, I just wanted to remind everyone that our group will hold it's only 'annual meeting' on Saturday, 9/29, from 12:00 to 12:45, (somewhere) in the

[Histonet] p63 and Biocare Medical

2012-07-12 Thread Jmyers1
Fellow Histonetters: Over the past few days there has been some discussion on this forum regarding Biocare Medical's ability to continue offering the p63 antibody, some of which has been correct and some of it incorrect. Please be assured that Biocare still has the right to sell products that

RE: [Histonet] Background in FFPE glandular tissue sections

2011-09-30 Thread JMyers1
Mesruh: The easiest method to address such is a problem is to apply a serum-free (e.g. casein-based) protein blocking agent, which can be obtained from a variety of vendors. This technique is particularly effective when the reagent is allowed to incubate with the specimen for 5 to 10 minutes

RE: [Histonet] ER and PR validation

2010-07-02 Thread JMyers1
This paper can also be downloaded, indirectly, from the CAP's website: _http://www.archivesofpathology.org/doi/pdf/10.1043/1543-2165-134.7.e48_ (http://www.archivesofpathology.org/doi/pdf/10.1043/1543-2165-134.7.e48) Happy (re-)validating, Joe -- Message: 12

RE: [Histonet] New CAP question ANP.22760

2010-06-22 Thread JMyers1
Tom: As much as I agree with your acknowledgment that its seems a bit odd for the CAP to have a blood-banker responding to AP-related issue, I'm actually not surprised. The folks in the 'clinical' lab have been performing more comprehensive and complex validation procedures for a very long

RE: [Histonet] Endogenous biotin blocking

2009-09-02 Thread JMyers1
Sally: The simple answer to the question of whether or not biotin blocking is required is ‘no’. As you stated in your inquiry, blocking need only be performed when excessive nonspecific staining, attributable to endogenous biotin, is observed. For what its worth, I think that some folks

RE: [Histonet] Reusing Citrate Antigen Retrieval Buffer

2009-05-02 Thread JMyers1
Jason: In my opinion, any recommendation to re-use a retrieval buffer just isn't 'good science'. The problem is that one cannot know, with any certainty, when a solution loses it effectiveness. The primary reason that the re-use approach has been advocated is because this device consumes a