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

[Bob Richmond]

You're welcome!

I sat down and read through most of it as soon as I saw it. So glad John
Kiernan's back!


On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 8:48 PM Colleen Forster <cforster at umn.edu> wrote:

> THis looks likje a great resource...I will take time to look it over.
>
> Thank you for all your valuable mentorship over the years....
>
> Respectfully,
>
> Colleen Forster
> U of MN
>
> On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 4:35 PM Bob Richmond via Histonet <
> histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu> wrote:
>
>> 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
>> *********************************************
>>
>> > 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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> Colleen Forster HT(ASCP)QIHC
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