[Histonet] Section adherence issues (IHC)

2017-07-13 Thread Gagnon, Eric via Histonet
Hi Greg, Permit me a few thoughts on factors not mentioned in your email: * Do your slides 'look' baked/is the wax melted when they are removed from the oven? * Also, is there variance in your oven temperature? * Especially vexing is the fact that control sections are lifting. Are

Re: [Histonet] Section adherence issues (IHC)

2017-07-12 Thread Walter Benton via Histonet
hwestern.edu Subject: RE: [Histonet] Section adherence issues (IHC) We have had really good luck with both the TOMO and Millennia 2000 adhesion slides. We initially tried using the TOMO slides for everything (IHC, special stains, and H's), but found that there was too much background staining on

Re: [Histonet] Section adherence issues (IHC)

2017-07-12 Thread Walter Benton via Histonet
Histonet [mailto:histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2017 11:09 AM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Cc: kgevele...@ihis.org Subject: [Histonet] Section adherence issues (IHC) Hi Folks, I haven't been on here much lately but it is nice to know that we are all here

[Histonet] Section adherence issues (IHC)

2017-07-12 Thread Greg Dobbin via Histonet
Hi Folks, I haven't been on here much lately but it is nice to know that we are all here for each other when needed! My problem is section adherence during IHC staining. And it is not all of the time it is intermittent; so not all of the time and not on all slides when it does occur. Background: