Re: [Histonet] Re: Fluorescent dyes and xylene

2009-07-20 Thread Bader Siddiki
Hello My experience is that most Immunofluorescence dyes do not withstand alcohol and organic solvents dehydration. You can use aqueous mounting medium with anti-fading agent. Frozen brain tissue is tough to work with; since it contains tons of lipids. Lots of mounting mediums will produce air bub

[Histonet] Re: Fluorescent dyes and xylene

2009-07-20 Thread Bob Nienhuis
Sorry, I should have mentioned that this will be done on thick frozen sections. Bob On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 10:37 AM, Bob Nienhuis wrote: > Will the Alexa Fluor dyes withstand some dehydration and clearing in > alcohol and xylene? > > If they won't are there any bright fluorescent dyes that can