[Histonet] Re: Histonet Digest, Vol 42, Issue 2

Fri May 4 05:55:25 CDT 2007

Hello There!
  I am interested too for this article. Any protocols are welcome, 
  Thank you,
  Anna-Maria

  Nicosia, RF and Ottinetti A. 
Modulation of microvascular growth and morphogenesis by reconstituted 
basement membrane gel in three dimensional cultures of rat aorta: a 
comparative study of angiogenesis in matrigel,
collagen, fibrin, and plasma clot.
In Vitro Cell Dev Biol. 1990 Feb;26(2):119-28.

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2. Cell Button Prep (Heckford, Karen - SMMC-SF)
3. bone marrow smears (path lab)
4. Fatty tissue (Jennifer Johnson)
5. 2 F/T Permanent Histology Bench and Histo Supv positions in
SW Texas & East Texas (Eric Dye (ext 223))
6. peloris? (connie grubaugh)
7. Certified thermometers (WWmn916 <@t> aol.com)
8. RE: Cell Button Prep (Kemlo Rogerson)
9. osteoclast/ osteoblast markers (louise renton)
10. CD52 (Doug Geddes)
11. alcian blue_precipitaion_solution (raghul)
12. Re: Fatty tissue (Rene J Buesa)
13. MOHS (April Sachau)
14. Re: Certified thermometers (Rene J Buesa)
15. Re: MOHS (Rene J Buesa)
16. looking for Freida Carson (godsgalnow <@t> aol.com)
17. RE: Certified thermometers (Kemlo Rogerson)
18. RE: Certified thermometers (Rene J Buesa)
19. RE: Certified thermometers (soofia siddiqui)
20. Aortic ring references (Andrea T. Hooper)

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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 14:22:46 -0400
From: "Morken, Tim" 
Subject: [Histonet] California Society for Histotechnology Spring
Meeting May 17-20 
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Information and registration forms for the California Society for
Histotechnology Spring Meeting on May 17-20 in San Mateo (near San Jose)
can be downloaded at the California society website:

www.californiahistology.org

Tim Morken

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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 12:51:36 -0700 
From: "Heckford, Karen - SMMC-SF" 
Subject: [Histonet] Cell Button Prep
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I was wondering if anyone would be so kind as giving input on the different
ways of preparing a cell button. We work a lot with Pleural Fluid and
Ascites Fluid. I have been told two different ways. One is just 1/2 and
1/2 with fluid and 95%alcohol and spend down decant and get your cell
button. The other is spend down the fluid decant add 10%formalin respin and
let set then get your cell button. Of course this all after I have made my
cytospins. We do not have a ThinPrep type machine. Any input would be very
appreciative. I realize there is probably more ways to do this that I have
not heard of.
Cheers,

Karen Heckford HT (ASCP) CE
Lead Histology Technician
Histology/Pathology Department
St. Mary's Medical Center
450 Stanyan St.
San Francisco, Ca. 94117
415-668-1000 ext. 6167
Fax: 415-750-8123
email: kheckfor <@t> chw.edu

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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 16:24:42 -0400
From: "path lab" 

Subject: [Histonet] bone marrow smears
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Could anyone please provide a procedure for bone marrow smears from necropsy
to staining with Wrights-Giemsa?

Thanks for your help in advance.

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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 16:55:49 -0400
From: "Jennifer Johnson" 
Subject: [Histonet] Fatty tissue
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Does anyone have any suggestions for cutting better frozen sections of very
fatty tissue (breast in particular)? When I turn the cryostat colder, my
Pathologist complains about the artifact on the permanent sections. Any
help is appreciated. 

Thanks,

Jennifer

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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 18:18:17 -0400
From: Eric Dye (ext 223) 
Subject: [Histonet] 2 F/T Permanent Histology Bench and Histo Supv
positions in SW Texas & East Texas
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Hi - Histonetters -Are you still working at ?

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Message: 6
Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 03:19:58 +0000
From: connie grubaugh 
Subject: [Histonet] peloris?
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Message: 7
Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 23:33:21 EDT
From: WWmn916 <@t> aol.com
Subject: [Histonet] Certified thermometers
To: histonet <@t> pathology.swmed.edu
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Hello everyone,
I'm hoping for a little help. What is everyone using to calibrate routine 
thermometers in the histology lab (thermometers for refrig, H20 baths, IPOX 
machines....etc.)? We can no longer use mercury filled certified thermometers to 
test the others. Any suggestions? How often do the certified thermometers 
need to be recalibrated?

Thanks much,
Deb King
California

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Message: 8
Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 08:11:00 +0100
From: "Kemlo Rogerson" 
Subject: RE: [Histonet] Cell Button Prep
To: "Heckford, Karen - SMMC-SF" ,

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You could try the hypaque method. If you are interested I could get the
method but it bluntly uses a density gradient. You spin down the fluid
remove supernatant and reconstitute with saline. You make a solution of
hypaque and layer the cell/ saline solution on top. You then spin, rbcs
and crude fall through the hypaque and larger cells float on top of the
hypaque. Harvest these cells, wash and then mix with agar and cool.
Process and cut and stain. Job done.

But ThinPrep is the way forward from my experience and if you are clever
you can come up with some sedimentation process that might emulate
ThinPrep similar to the one SurgiPath was flogging; I think it was
French but god knows what happened to it. 

Kemlo Rogerson
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Message: 9
Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 10:38:18 +0200
From: "louise renton" 
Subject: [Histonet] osteoclast/ osteoblast markers
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Hi all,

what recommendations for the most specific immuno markers for
osteoclasts, osteoblasts and macrophages in FFPE primate/human tissue?
Anybody using CD163 and what have your results been like

Thanks in advance

best regards

-- 
Louise Renton
Bone Research Unit
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South Africa
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Message: 10
Date: Wed, 02 May 2007 08:04:42 -0400
From: "Doug Geddes" 
Subject: [Histonet] CD52
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Looking for a reliable supplier of CD52 for formalin fixed paraffin
embedded tissue, and any methods.

Doug Geddes BSc, MLT
Department of Pathology
London Helath Sciences Centre
London, ON
Canada

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Message: 11
Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 14:32:15 +0100 (BST)
From: raghul 
Subject: [Histonet] alcian blue_precipitaion_solution
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dear histonetters

hope atleast the persons remember my problem of alcian blue(sigma) precpitating in dis. water.

I went on to stirr for 2 hours followed by boiling for 5 min. I could make a 2.5ph solution of alcian blue and its staining well. I think boiling was the main reason. 

thanks for all those suggestions

raghul
medclone biotech
chennai, india

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Message: 12
Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 06:40:26 -0700 (PDT)
From: Rene J Buesa 
Subject: Re: [Histonet] Fatty tissue
To: Jennifer Johnson ,
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Deep freeze quickly, cut slowly, increase thickness "just a little bit" and use the "anti-rolling" devise (of a camel hair brush) to "pull" the section.
René J.

Jennifer Johnson wrote:
Does anyone have any suggestions for cutting better frozen sections of very
fatty tissue (breast in particular)? When I turn the cryostat colder, my
Pathologist complains about the artifact on the permanent sections. Any
help is appreciated. 

Thanks,

Jennifer

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Message: 13
Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 08:40:32 -0500
From: "April Sachau" 
Subject: [Histonet] MOHS
To: "raghul" ,

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Good Morning,
Can anyone please tell me why it has been impossible to find someone
with strong MOHS experience?

April Sachau
Titan Medical Group
Staff Supervisor
Phone (866) 332-9600 Ext. 1023
Fax (402) 332-5181
asachau <@t> titanmed.com 

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Subject: [Histonet] alcian blue_precipitaion_solution

dear histonetters

hope atleast the persons remember my problem of alcian blue(sigma)
precpitating in dis. water.

I went on to stirr for 2 hours followed by boiling for 5 min. I could
make a 2.5ph solution of alcian blue and its staining well. I think
boiling was the main reason. 

thanks for all those suggestions

raghul
medclone biotech
chennai, india

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Message: 14
Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 06:50:36 -0700 (PDT)
From: Rene J Buesa 
Subject: Re: [Histonet] Certified thermometers
To: WWmn916 <@t> aol.com, histonet <@t> pathology.swmed.edu
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Calibrate them yourself! Just place your thermometer in boilong water and, if you are at sea level and there is no atmosferic low pressure or metheorological disturbance around, your thermometer should read 100ºC when the water starts to boil. If there is a different reading (either higher or lower) that difference will be your thermometer correction, meaning that to whatever reading you have, you will have to add (+) or substract (-) that difference.
For 0ºC fill a container with distilled water and add ice cubes and, with the same provisions as before, the reading should be 0ºC when there is a surface ice crust of ice in the water + ice.
Once a year is enough OR you could buy a digital thermometer (for less that $35). ALL come certified and avoid all the hassle previously described!
René J.

WWmn916 <@t> aol.com wrote:
Hello everyone,
I'm hoping for a little help. What is everyone using to calibrate routine 
thermometers in the histology lab (thermometers for refrig, H20 baths, IPOX 
machines....etc.)? We can no longer use mercury filled certified thermometers to 
test the others. Any suggestions? How often do the certified thermometers 
need to be recalibrated?

Thanks much,
Deb King
California

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Message: 15
Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 07:03:17 -0700 (PDT)
From: Rene J Buesa 
Subject: Re: [Histonet] MOHS
To: April Sachau , raghul
, histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
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In the last issue of Advance MLP comes an address that you could try:
www.mohshistotemp.com 
René J.

April Sachau wrote:
Good Morning,
Can anyone please tell me why it has been impossible to find someone
with strong MOHS experience?

April Sachau
Titan Medical Group
Staff Supervisor
Phone (866) 332-9600 Ext. 1023
Fax (402) 332-5181
asachau <@t> titanmed.com 

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Subject: [Histonet] alcian blue_precipitaion_solution

dear histonetters

hope atleast the persons remember my problem of alcian blue(sigma)
precpitating in dis. water.

I went on to stirr for 2 hours followed by boiling for 5 min. I could
make a 2.5ph solution of alcian blue and its staining well. I think
boiling was the main reason. 

thanks for all those suggestions

raghul
medclone biotech
chennai, india

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Message: 16
Date: Wed, 02 May 2007 10:05:14 -0400
From: godsgalnow <@t> aol.com
Subject: [Histonet] looking for Freida Carson
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I am looking for Freida...can you please email me.

Thanks,
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Message: 17
Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 15:59:29 +0100
From: "Kemlo Rogerson" 
Subject: RE: [Histonet] Certified thermometers
To: "Rene J Buesa" , ,

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your thermometer should read 100ºC when the water starts to boil.
Rene

If water boils longer does it get hotter? I thought water boiled at 100 degrees however long you left it; if you increased the heat it still boiled at 100 degrees but the increased latent heat of vaporisation meant that more water was able to vaporise but still only at 100 degrees.
Kemlo

For 0ºC fill a container with distilled water and add ice cubes and, with the same provisions as before, the reading should be 0ºC when there is a surface ice crust of ice in the water + ice.
Rene

Same with freezing; I thought water could be 'frozen' at the eutectic point of water which is +4 degrees C (that's how you get 'black ice'). It certainly is at its most dense (which is why ice floats) and wouldn't the bottom of the water be hotter than at the top cos the coldest water floats (its less dense at the eutectic point) that's why we are here are were able to crawl out of the sea and my Koi don't freeze in Winter. Never really understood water that why I used to brew beer in it. I'd buy a digital thermometer because those of you at sea level will soon drown anyway with global warming.

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