[Histonet] Words, phrases and names in histotechnology. A free glossary.

[Bob Richmond]

John Kiernan, certainly glad to see you back on HistoNet! - At 80 I've
finally retired.

This Biological Stain Commission glossary is a really useful resource I
wish we'd had long ago. A lot of information in it difficult to get
elsewhere. I'll link it on Facebook and on Sermo.

Two suggestions: BSC should post it in PDF form, since a lot of people will
probably want to print it out. And somebody should go through it and put
the umlauts and accent marks on all those European names!

Bob Richmond
Samurai Pathologist
Maryville TN
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> Hello histonetters. I'm a HistoNet old-timer, back again after a few years
> away. It's good to see that a few names are still around from the 1990s.
>
> Here is something new that may interest all of us. I send it as a news
> item; a change from the usual initial question that initiates a Histonet
> topic.
>
> A freely accessible online glossary of words, phrases and eponyms used in
> histotechnology, histochemistry and immunostaining was published by the
> Biological Stain Commission (BSC) at the end of December 2018.  It includes
> about 600 entries; it is to be revised and expanded from time to time. (A
> minor revision was uploaded on 19th January 2019.)
>
> Notable features are extensive crosslinks between the entries, and
> explanations of terminology related to chemical and physical mechanisms
> involved in the methods. There are also definitions and explanations
> relating to all the stains (dyes) certified by the BSC.
>
> The BSC glossary is readable on screens of all sizes (including mobile
> phones), and navigation among links is extremely rapid.
>
> Check it out directly at
> https://biologicalstaincommission.org/bscglossary.html. Alternatively,
> see it in the broader context of the BSC:  http://biostain.com.
>


> John Kiernan
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