[Histonet] Cryostat sectioning of mammary gland

[Alan Bright]

Dear Tess,

Are you sure the cryochamber is below -30ºC or just the specimen is at that temperature?? As your problem indicates that the knife & anti-roll plate are too warm, if the specimen is at -30ºC. With the correct temperatures, mammary gland should be easy to section.

Best Regards

Alan Bright

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-----Original Message-----
From: Tessa Murray [mailto:tessajmurray <@t> hotmail.com] 
Sent: 10 August 2005 21:50
To: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: [Histonet] Cryostat sectioning of mammary gland



   I'm looking for some advice on cryosections.  We are trying to collect
   frozen  sections of mammary gland tissue and are experiencing problems
   - we do a lot of paraffin work here so the cryostat technique is quite
   new to us.  We find that the knife cuts the OCT fine, but when it hits
   tissue  it does not cut so we get sections with tissue shaped holes in
   them.   We've  tried  changing the block and knife temp (we have tried
   altering  them  between  -30  to -35C) but nothing seems to help.  Any
   advice appreciated...

   tess
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