[Histonet] Question about new Frieda Carson book

2010-03-14 Thread Valerie Rodriguez
No, I don't have the book, for how much are you selling it? I am looking for a very economic book, not too expensive, since cytotech is not really my profession, I just want a guide just to have some knowledge of cytotech. I am also interested in the new edition of frieda textbook but if your book

[Histonet] Histonet

2010-03-14 Thread Valerie Rodriguez
Thank You very much.English is not my first language also. My native language is Spanish, so I also make grammar mistakes once in a while :). I meet an histotechnician who first got a bachelor degree in microbiology but could not get a job, and he started to volunteer in a pathology lab. All he did

[Histonet] Question about new Frieda Carson book

2010-03-14 Thread Valerie Rodriguez
I have a question about the new Frieda Carson book: Histotechnology: A Self-Instructional Text 3rd edition. In this book there is a new chapter about cytopreparation techniques. I will like to know if this chapter teaches you how to troubleshoot problems in the staining of the slides, how to do fin

[Histonet] Hello everyone, I am new to this forum

2010-03-14 Thread Valerie Rodriguez
Val, the life is very funny. I graduated in Chemical Engineering at the University of Pisa. I'm Italian. I worked in a mechanical company: Fiat. Since I was 15teen my greater hobby was the microscope. Now I am a pensioner and my hobby goes on with Histology. On FaceBook (FB) I have a lot of histolo

[Histonet] Hello everyone, I am new to this forum

2010-03-13 Thread Valerie Rodriguez
Hello everyone, I want to introduce myself to all the histotechs here. I have visited this forum before but I finally subscribed today. My name is Valerie, but please call me Val. I am an histotechnologist living in Puerto Rico. I got interested in the field of histology in 2008. I always loved Bio