• Use & Misuse of Formaldehyde Fixatives
  General Information about Fixation for Histoloy
  Webpage of the University of Arizona Microscopy Department
  
  • 37% Formaldehyd
  • 10% Formalin
  • Safety

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• Other Commonly used Histologic Fixatives
  • Bouin's Solution
  • Mercuric Chloride Fixatives
  • Zinc Formalin

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• Analytical Sample Preparation and Microwave
  Information and advice regarding analytical sample preparation, speciated analysis, trace analysis and microwave chemistry

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• Applications Notes from Molecular Dynamics
  
  • Flurescence Imaging Applications Guide
  • Understanding Chemifluorescence
  • Technical notes on fluorescence
  • Storage phosphor notes
  • Confocal microscopy notes

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• BioSite Cationic Colloidal Gold
  Technical notes on the application of colloidal gold in microscopy
  Energy Beam Sciences, Inc.

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• Buffer Calculation Program
  Great online buffer calculation programm

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• Computer Vision Home Page

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• Cytochemical protocols and in situ hybridization
  Cytochemistry web page from the lab of Gwen V Childs, Ph.D., describing and illustrating immunocytochemical, affinity cytochemical, and in situ hybridization protocol. Protocols are in use for detecting antigens, mRNA and ligands bound to target cells

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• Development of Microwave Immunohistochemistry
  

  Jiang Gu,Tak-Shun Choi, Deborah Research Institute, Browns Mills, NJ, Michael M. Whittlesey, Steven E. Slap, Energy Beam Sciences, Agawam, MA, Virginia M. Anderson, Department of Pathology, SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn, USA

  Originally published in Cell Vision , pp 74-76 (1995) and posted to the WWW with permission.

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• Diamond Knife Care and Use Manual
  Concise manual about diamond knives including
  • parameters of diamond knives
  • cleaning methods
  • sectioning problems
  • handling and block preparation
  • cautions to be taken

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• Diatome U.S.
  The Diatome Handling and Use Manual: Technical Information

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• Differential Surface Composition Analysis by Multiple-Voltage Electron Beam X-Ray Spectroscopy
  This technique uses a standard scanning electron microscope with X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-XRS) to determine whether respirable sized particles have surface occlusions. By using two or more electron accelerating voltages, the beam samples the particle to different depths.

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• Histopathology Lab Methods
  histology laboratory protocols which are in daily use in the laboratories of the University of Nottingham Medical School Division of Histopathology

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• Histological techniques
  links to
  • Histotech Programs in the United States
  • Histology Listservers and News groups
  • Directory of Histotechs on the Net
  • Histotechs looking for jobs (HistoTemps Page)
  • Jobs in Histology Bulletin Board

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• House Ear Institute, Advanced Electron Microscopy and Imaging Center (AEMI)
  information on light microscopy, transmission electron microcopes, cryosectioning, immunocytochemistry and other imaging techniques

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• Immunogold Labeling with BioSite Colloidal Gold Reagents
  Technical notes by Energy Beam Sciences, Inc.

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• Immunogold Labelling in Scanning Electron Microscopy
  Technical notes by Energy Beam Sciences, Inc.

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• Immunolabeling
  Technical notes by Energy Beam Sciences, Inc.

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• Infrared-sensitive modification for Color QuickCam camera
  Modification of a Color QuickCam camera for use with infrared (IR) imaging.

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• Interactive Focusing and Astigmatism Adventures on the Web

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• Microwave Processing Techniques for Microscopy
  Technical notes by Energy Beam Sciences, Inc.

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• Negative Staining for Electron Microscopy

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• Pedro's Bio Molecular Research Tools

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• Purdue University Cytometry WWW site

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• Special Stains Using the Microwave
  Technical notes by Energy Beam Sciences, Inc.

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• Stains File
  
  • What is Histotechnology?
  • The science of staining
  • Staining techniques
  • Preparation
  • Dyes

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• Surface Science Techniques
  concise list of surface science techniques and commonly used abbreviations

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• Tips and Tricks of Microscopy
  Indexed archive of selected articles on both Microscopy and Confocal List-Servers, maintained by EMCL at University of Florida

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• Ultramicrotomy
  Technical notes by Energy Beam Sciences, Inc.

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