[Histonet] Histo gel Issues

[Jo Dee Fish]

Dear Pam,
I've had the same problem.  I called Richard-Allen just after they were
"absorbed" by Thermo Fisher and got no answers.  They had never heard of
such a problem and didn't know how to solve it.  I have heard from another
user that had the same exact problem.  I lost precious samples, E6.5 mouse
embryos, because of this "drying out and hardening" of the histogel.  I had
to stop using it all together.
If anyone has any suggestions, please let us know!
Take care Pam and all histonetters,
Jo Dee 


~~Jo Dee Fish~~
Senior Research Technologist
The J. David Gladstone Institutes
Co-manager Histology and Microscopy Core
 
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[mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of pam plumlee
Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 1:06 PM
To: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: [Histonet] Histo gel Issues


Dear Group: I'm having problems with the processing of small tissues in
histogel. I follow the suggested embedding directions on the package and
then process the gel blocks.  The results are very inconsistent-ideally,
I'll get nice soft gel blocks-but, usually in a batch of 10 I get 2 good
blocks and 8 dried up, flat hard squares.  They are all handled and
processed the same.  Anyone experience this before?  Thanks for any input.

Pam Plumlee H.T.
Pfizer La Jolla
pam.plumlee <@t> pfizer.com


      

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