Re: [Histonet] RE: Eosin evaporation.

2010-01-15 Thread Sheila Haas
Cheri Miller To: "Sherwood, Margaret" ; "Breeden, Sara" ; "Mahoney, Janice A" ; histonet ; "histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu" Sent: Fri, January 15, 2010 11:14:30 AM Subject: RE: [Histonet] RE: Eosin evaporation. We do this as well, that is why I am

RE: [Histonet] RE: Eosin evaporation.

2010-01-15 Thread Cheri Miller
,Janice A; Cheri Miller; histonet; histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: RE: [Histonet] RE: Eosin evaporation. I agree Sally; we cover as soon as the run is over and had to adjust the level of our H & E since the frosted end of the slides were getting stained as well. We also tr

RE: [Histonet] RE: Eosin evaporation.

2010-01-15 Thread Sherwood, Margaret
boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Breeden, Sara Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 10:22 AM To: Mahoney,Janice A; Cheri Miller; histonet; histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: RE: [Histonet] RE: Eosin evaporation. Eosin is alcohol-based,

RE: [Histonet] RE: Eosin evaporation.

2010-01-15 Thread Breeden, Sara
Eosin is alcohol-based, thus the evaporation. The containers on my autostainer get covered as soon as the last run is finished and that slows evaporation somewhat but I do replenish as needed. I like my eosin level in the container a little lower so we don't have pink-stained frosted ends, but that

[Histonet] RE: Eosin evaporation.

2010-01-15 Thread Mahoney,Janice A
Hi Cheryl, Maybe the auto stainer does not drain the rack a well or it could just be a matter of the dipping and dunking that is causing more evaporation. Jan Omaha, NÉE -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu]