[Histonet] RE: HistoGel

[sgoebel <@t> mirnarx.com]

You can also use agar.  It does the same thing and is cheaper =)

Sarah Goebel-Dysart, BA, HT(ASCP)
Histotechnologist
Mirna Therapeutics
2150 Woodward Street
Suite 100
Austin, Texas  78744
(512)901-0900 ext. 6912


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Katy
Sent: Friday, June 24, 2011 12:27 PM
To: 'histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu'; 'mjdessoye <@t> wvhcs.org'
Subject: [Histonet] RE: HistoGel

We use histogel a lot in our lab.  It's a research lab and we use it for
a few purposes - pelleting cultured cells then creating multi-culture
TMAs for testing antibodies and also pelleting cells from ascites and
pleural effusions.  Has also been used to process really small samples
that could have been lost in the processor through the cassettes.

Works quite well.  The researchers just put the samples in histogel and
give it to me in formalin then I process it as I would regular tissue.
Cuts very well too.

Katy


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Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:26:46 -0400
From: "Dessoye, Michael J" <mjdessoye <@t> wvhcs.org>
Subject: [Histonet] HistoGel
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Hello,
 
Does anyone out there have any experience with HistoGel?  It's Richard
Allan/Thermo Fisher.  They claim that you can "embed" scant tissues in
the gel and then process, embed, and cut as usual.  Just wondering how
it works in the real world....
 
Michael J. Dessoye, M.S. | Histology Supervisor | Wyoming Valley Health
Care System | mjdessoye <@t> wvhcs.org <mailto:mjdessoye <@t> wvhcs.org>  |
575 N. River Street | Wilkes Barre, PA 18764 | Tel: 570-552-1485 | Fax:
570-552-1526 

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