[Histonet] aniline oil/Holzer stain

2016-10-21 Thread Susan Bachus via Histonet
I'm trying to locate aniline oil for the Holzer glial fiber stain. I purchased what was listed as aniline oil from ENG, but the first hint that something was wrong was that it was incompatible with the chloroform also included in the differentiating solution. Looking at the fine print on the

Re: [Histonet] looking for The Art of Histology by Stephanie De Ritis, Sept. 6, 2004, Advance

2016-09-03 Thread Susan Bachus via Histonet
Sorry, Freudian slip, of course I meant Advance for Medical LABORATORY Professionals! Sometimes my "hats" get mixed up... thanks, Susan -Original Message----- From: Susan Bachus via Histonet Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2016 1:12 PM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.e

[Histonet] looking for The Art of Histology by Stephanie De Ritis, Sept. 6, 2004, Advance

2016-09-03 Thread Susan Bachus via Histonet
I'm trying to find a pdf of this paper for my students. I have an ancient battered xerox copy in shades of gray. For some strange reason it's not in the Advance Medical Library Professionals online archives. I'm hoping that Stephanie is in Histonet, or that someone else has access to a copy.

Re: [Histonet] RE: Brass cryostat chucks

2011-11-23 Thread Susan Bachus
You got me to thinking, that I would be in a real jam if I ever lost mine! I'd rather buy one from someone who has old ones they don't need any more, but I did find some (at least I think this is what you're describing) available online at: http://www.psl-equip.com/shop/advanced_search_result.p

Re: [Histonet] calibration of pH meter

2011-02-01 Thread Susan Bachus
This may sound simplistic, but it works for us: whenever I need to use pH something, I quickly first dunk the electrode in the buffers above & below what I'm pHing (rinsing after each dunk, of course)--if the meter reads accurately I proceed to measure, if it's off by more than a few % I reca

[Histonet] Can anyone put an old Mettler microbalance to good use?

2010-11-02 Thread Susan Bachus
I have an old surplus Mettler balance that is no longer worth recalibrating--I hate to waste anything & am wondering if anyone might find it useful enough for a display or something like that to be worth the cost of shipping? ___ Histonet mailing list H

[Histonet] in situ hybridization histochemistry question about radioisotope

2010-03-13 Thread Susan Bachus
I have routinely seen that we obtain slightly different results (like 10-20% variance) in using 35S dATP for TdT-catalyzed tailing reactions of oligonucleotides from month to month as we use different batches (made fresh monthly) of the 35S dATP. But on a few occasions over the years we have

Re: [Histonet] Histo Stories

2010-03-12 Thread Susan Bachus
Sorry to be so late to the party, hope I'm not too late to share my story: I still vividly remember being shown a "career documentary" film about histotechnology, in junior high school, back in the 60's, by my biology teacher, Lynda McCurdy Ballingall--the lovely lady who influenced my li

Re: [Histonet] Superfrost plus gold slides vs superfrost plus

2009-06-19 Thread Susan Bachus
Good old fashioned gelatin subbing is very cheap & works great--I have never seen tissue separate from a subbed slide! Susan - Original Message - From: "Peggy Bisher" To: "Milne, Katy" ; Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 3:34 PM Subject: Re: [Histonet] Superfrost plus gold slides vs super

Re: [Histonet] RNA In Situ Hybridization

2009-06-17 Thread Susan Bachus
Protocol #3 at this site is great for RNA probes: http://intramural.nimh.nih.gov/lcmr/snge/Protocols/ISHH/ISHH.html This protocol assumes fresh frozen tissue but can be used on fixed, paraffin embedded tissue--obviously you would have to include a step at the beginning to deparaffinize. You mi

Re: [Histonet] ISH probes

2009-01-26 Thread Susan Bachus
There's a wonderful company called Oligo's, Etc. (Wilsonville, OR) that synthesizes very affordable oligoprobes. But you have to supply the sequence information. Susan - Original Message - From: "Sharon Campbell" To: Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 9:20 AM Subject: [Histonet] ISH pr

Re: [Histonet] subbing slides

2008-12-30 Thread Susan Bachus
As long as they are kept dry, they should be good for years. - Original Message - From: "Susan Bachus" To: "Neil Fournier" ; Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 6:31 PM Subject: Re: [Histonet] subbing slides This always works like a charm for us and costs ~10x

Re: [Histonet] subbing slides

2008-12-30 Thread Susan Bachus
This always works like a charm for us and costs ~10x less than buying pre-subbed or electrostatic or whatever fancy expensive store-bought slides! Have fun! Susan - Original Message - From: "Neil Fournier" To: Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 6:21 PM Subject: [Histonet] subbing sl

Re: [Histonet] Silly Question? - Need help quickly!

2008-12-12 Thread Susan Bachus
I tried earlier to send, for this thread, a wonderful paper by Nauta, chronicaling the history his discovery of his tract tracing method, in which serendipity and degradation of formalin played critical roles, not realizing that the size of the attachment would prevent it from going through, so

Re: [Histonet] re: concentration of formaldehyde in soultion: ASTM D2194 - 02(2007) Standard Test Method for Concentration of Formaldehyde Solution

2008-12-12 Thread Susan Bachus
I believe that the "swiss cheese" holes are due to ice crystal formation during freezing, at least that's the rationale we were always taught for using additional fixation in sucrose-formalin after the initial fixation in formalin, i.e. the sucrose would prevent ice crystal formation. Susan --

Re: [Histonet] Alias identity

2008-12-03 Thread Susan Bachus
Here's one potential problem with listing real names: a few years ago a very diligent student of mine inadvertently stirred up a lot of controversy when she asked for advice from Histonet on a class assigment and someone was concerned that she was "cheating". I had in fact recommended Histone

Re: [Histonet] histology ink washing off

2008-10-12 Thread Susan Bachus
Back in the old days we used to use "india ink" to label slides--so I don't know whether it would also work on tissue (as opposed to glass), but it might be worth a try. Susan - Original Message - From: "Gudrun Lang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Leslie Chen'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sen