[Histonet] Histotechs: born or made?

Wed Nov 30 14:02:13 CST 2005

Love It!!  He probably thought being in EM was a demotion too.   Microscopy 
can be so misunderstood cause they can't see it.

I worked with a company selling oligonucleotide sequences.  We had movie 
company call to buy an oligo for use in a new movie as a prop.  We could 
not make them understand it is a big word for a minuscule piece of DNA.  I 
get scared when they say they have slide from histology of a liver or other 
organ and is nothing but red blood cells.

Pam

At 02:28 PM 11/30/2005, Morken, Tim - Labvision wrote:

>One of my classmates in electron microscopy was a consultant for the Quincy
>show. On one show they wanted to look for needle holes in an orange peel
>using a transmission electron microscope. My friend said it couldn't be done
>that way, but might be possible in a scanning EM, if the sample wasn't
>altered by processing. They didn't like the SEM - not impressive enough
>size-wise (it matters!). So they did it their way - putting an entire orange
>in a TEM (with Sam on the EM, of course) and gave us some laughs.
>
>
>Tim Morken
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
>[mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Bartlett,
>Jeanine
>Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 10:52 AM
>To: Pam Marcum; Ford Royer; Histonet
>Subject: RE: [Histonet] Histotechs: born or made?
>
>
>And wasn't it amazing how much Sam and Quincy got done in one hour!?
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
>[mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Pam Marcum
>Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 1:22 PM
>To: Ford Royer; 'Histonet'
>Subject: RE: [Histonet] Histotechs: born or made?
>
>Ford,
>
>I don't think we are allowed to tell the new people in the field how much
>fun we had in the old days.  I have always loved my job however, sometimes I
>have to watch my sense of humor in non-histologist/medical company as we
>don't ususally see things the same way they do.
>
>Heck, I thought Qunicy and now CSI were sit coms at first as it was so far
>from what we were doing and really funny for mistakes.  All my first boss in
>histology (and also a city/county coroner) wanted for several years was a
>Sam like Qunicy had with all the equipment of course.  He figured he could
>rid of at least 5 people in the lab with one Sam.
>
>Pam Marcum
>
>
> > When I was a practicing laboratory scientist (27 years ago), we would
> > have some of the wildest lab parties and everyone seemed to be on the
> > same page as far as having a weird sense of humor.  A work day didn't
> > go by without some form of laughter in our lab.  Non-laboratory people
>
> > often asked me why this was.  The only thing that I could come up with
>
> > is it was how we dealt with the profession that we chose.  I won't go
> > into details or give examples.  We all know what I am talking about.
> > It does take a special kind of person to this sometimes morbid (some
> > would say hideous) work and I for one am glad that there are these
> > types of persons to take it on.  Thank you all for your dedication to
> > your profession and the people that you serve - mankind.
> >
> > ~ Ford
> >
> > Ford M. Royer, MT(ASCP)
> > Minneapolis, MN
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
> > [mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of
> > Morken, Tim
> > - Labvision
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 11:11 AM
> > To: 'Ingles Claire'; Histonet
> > Subject: [Histonet] Histotechs: born or made?
> >
> > The first time I walked into a histology lab it was the day after the
> > 4th of July and there were 4 blackened fingers sitting on the grossing
>
> > bench (one guess how they got there - and it's nothing to do with
> > anything Cajun!). My first thought was : 'this is going to be a
> > strange job.' I've seen much stranger things since, so I think
> > histotechs become strange due to exposure to unnatural sights (among
> > other things!). And, of course, the pathology staff of any hospital is
>infamous for their "gross" humor.
> >
> >
> > Tim Morken
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
> > [mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Ingles
>
> > Claire
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 8:55 AM
> > To: Histonet
> > Subject: RE: [Histonet] Re: 70% from NBF
> >
> >
> > I have wondered the same thing many times myself. Whether it was
> > naturally me or the addition of the chemicals that made me a bit
> > strange. I think it may be partly both. I usually blame it on the
> > chemical fumes though. :) Claire Ingles Mohs Clinic, UW Hosp. Madison
> > WI
> >
> > ________________________________
> >
> > From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu on behalf of Bryan
> > Llewellyn
> > Sent: Tue 11/29/2005 11:15 AM
> > To: Histonet
> > Subject: Re: [Histonet] Re: 70% from NBF
> >
> >
> >
> > I have often wondered whether I became a histotech because I was born
> > strange, or whether I became strange because of the time I spent
> > training in a place like that!
> >
> > Bryan Llewellyn
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Gayle Callis" <gcallis <@t> montana.edu>
> > To: <Histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu>
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 8:23 AM
> > Subject: [Histonet] Re: 70% from NBF
> >
> >
> > > Joseph made some excellent points here
> > >
> > > Chloroform is an excellent clearing agent (used it back in the 60's
> > > in open dip and dunk processors - O.K. so I'm old!) but no one
> > > warned us about its carcinogenic nature and there were no safety
> > > issue regulations then.  Take his advice!
> >
> >
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