[Histonet] DAPI staining

2012-08-30 Thread Barone, Carol
Someone sent me a question regarding DAPI staining ( I generally use Hoechst )...but anyway, they are having smearing of nuclear contents. I would guess that is from rupturing of the nuclear membraneover fixation? Over air drying? They are fixing 10 mins in cold acetone and 10 mins to air

[Histonet] DAPI staining

2012-08-30 Thread Mark Tarango
Hi Carol, Does this person put them in a freezer for 20 mins or so after DAPI staining? Someone once told me this helps with smearing. I'm not really sure if its true, but couldn't hurt to try it. Mark On Thursday, August 30, 2012, Barone, Carol wrote: Someone sent me a question regarding

[Histonet] DAPI staining methacrylate sections

2011-06-17 Thread Jesus Hernandez
Hi everyone, I am in a rush to finish my master's thesis, but I needed to know exactly if it was possible to stain methacrylate embedded sections with DAPI and if so does anyone have a method for this? I am currently looking at cell distribution within these scaffold constructs that I have