[Histonet] manual IHC queries

[Tarango, Mark]

I do sometimes use coverslips when doing IHC by hand.  The humidity in
Las Vegas is pretty low, so evaporation is always an issue.  The
Ventana's instruments use a coat of oil, over the aqueous antibody
solution, to prevent evaporation.  You could try using a lightweight
mineral oil too.

Mark Adam Tarango HT(ASCP)
Histology & IHC Supervisor
Nevada Cancer Institute
One Breakthrough Way
Las Vegas, NV  89135
Direct Line (702) 822-5112
Treo (702) 759-9229
Fax (702) 939-7663
  

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[mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of louise
renton
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 12:36 AM
To: Histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: [Histonet] manual IHC queries

Hi all,

Firstly: As a matter of interest - when using small amounts of primary
antibody does anyone use  coverslips to spread the solution over the
section
and keep it from evaporating during the incubation? (i do use a humidity
chamber also).  I have been doing this for ages and wondering if there
is an
alternative to use other than the coverslips that may be cheaper - any
suggestions??

secondly, Although 30min incubations are recommended, is there any value
to
increasing incubation times of secondary and ABC complexes to improve
sensitivity? In other words is there a maximal binding period after
which no
improvement will be noted?

I hope I have made myself clear here....these are just passing wednesday
thoughts in preparation for the usual  friday meltdown!
-- 
Louise Renton
Bone Research Unit
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg
South Africa
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