Re: [Histonet] IHC Equipment

2011-02-25 Thread Victoria Baker
Sheila Fonner; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu; Cynthia Pyse > *Subject:* Re: [Histonet] IHC Equipment > > > > In regards to the Ventana Ultra - if you are running PIN-4 or ISH > simultaneously on this instrument, the kits/ab's/probes they require take > up a lot of spac

RE: [Histonet] IHC Equipment

2011-02-25 Thread Sheila Fonner
n.edu; Cynthia Pyse Subject: Re: [Histonet] IHC Equipment In regards to the Ventana Ultra - if you are running PIN-4 or ISH simultaneously on this instrument, the kits/ab's/probes they require take up a lot of space on the reagent carousel which limits the number of antibodies you can put on a

RE: [Histonet] IHC Equipment

2011-02-25 Thread Sheila Fonner
, February 25, 2011 9:31 AM To: Sheila Fonner; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu; 'Cynthia Pyse' Subject: RE: [Histonet] IHC Equipment The Bond does do ISH. In fact it utilizes the same detection kit so you have only to buy the probes, not the additional detection kit that could (dependi

Re: [Histonet] IHC Equipment

2011-02-25 Thread Victoria Baker
In regards to the Ventana Ultra - if you are running PIN-4 or ISH simultaneously on this instrument, the kits/ab's/probes they require take up a lot of space on the reagent carousel which limits the number of antibodies you can put on and as runs can go some where around 6-hours you could find you

RE: [Histonet] IHC Equipment

2011-02-25 Thread Greg Dobbin
The Bond does do ISH. In fact it utilizes the same detection kit so you have only to buy the probes, not the additional detection kit that could (depending on your volume of ISH requests) expire. Greg Greg Dobbin, R.T. Chief Technologist, Anatomic Pathology Dept. of Laboratory Medicine, Queen E

RE: [Histonet] IHC Equipment

2011-02-25 Thread Sheila Fonner
Cindy, We used to use the Dako stainer, and we still have it as a back-up if necessary, but we have recently (in the last year) bought a Ventana Ultra. You can put 30 slides at a time on it, but you do not have to batch the slides. It is a continuous feed machine, which means that as soon as a sl

RE: [Histonet] IHC Equipment

2011-02-23 Thread Liz Chlipala
Cindy We have three dako autostainers and we really like them a lot. We are a contract research lab so flexibility and system openness is key for us. The only other instrument that I have demoed is the Leica Bond, but unless I purchased the research software (which is a bit expensive) I was tied

Re: [Histonet] IHC equipment

2008-10-31 Thread godsgalnow
This is a matter of opinion.? DO you like a closed system or an open system?? My preference is an open system and I prefer Biocare.? As for the PIN-4 Cocktail, Biocare wins hands down there as well...as Dr Tacha works there. -Original Message- From: richard wells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: h