[Histonet] Friday histology trivia

[Eileen Akemi Allison]

Glad to know I was correct all these years! 

Akemi Allison BS, HT/HTL (ASCP)
Pathology Manager
Monterey Bay GI Consultants Laboratory
23 Upper Ragsdale Drive, Suite 200
Monterey, CA 93940
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Tele: (831) 375-3577 X117

On Jun 27, 2014, at 12:28 PM, Jan Shivers <shive003 <@t> umn.edu> wrote:

> The Ki in Ki-67 is from the city of origin (Kiel, Germany), and is really
> pronounced KEY-67 (not K. I. 67).
> 
> The 67 in Ki-67 is from the original clone in a 96-well plate.
> 
> Happy Friday!
> -- 
> Jan Shivers
> Senior Scientist
> University of Minnesota
> 
> 
> On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 1:24 PM, Morken, Timothy <
> Timothy.Morken <@t> ucsfmedctr.org> wrote:
> 
>> " The LEI in Leic comes from Leitz;  the CA, from Cambridge.  "
>> 
>> Barbara, You get the award for best trivia fact of the year!
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Tim Morken
>> Supervisor, Electron Microscopy and Neuromuscular Special Studies
>> UC San Francisco Medical Center
>> San Francisco, CA
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:
>> histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Barbara Foster
>> Sent: Friday, June 27, 2014 10:27 AM
>> To: Histonet
>> Subject: [Histonet] Friday histology trivia
>> 
>> You are so right.  Microscopes equal credibility.  Maybe because we can
>> actually see an image of the specimen rather than a squiggly line... or
>> maybe because people actually sit at microscopes rather than at an
>> impersonal control panel.
>> 
>> Re: AO - They were part of the American Optical/Reichert-Jung Family.  In
>> 1986, they were acquired by Cambridge Instruments, which then merged with
>> Leitz in 1991.  The LEI in Leic comes from Leitz;  the CA, from Cambridge.
>> I had the privilege of being the Technical Marketing Manager for the
>> research microscopy group, then, for a short period, product development
>> manager for a suite that included the AO clinical line.
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> Barbara Foster
>> 
>> 
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