FISH Guide and Troubleshooting. Includes: Cytogenetic techniques; Slide preparation; When do chromosomes spread; Cell suspensions; G-banding; Cell fixatives; Slide preparation factors. - [Read FISH Guide and Troubleshooting]
Fixation is to preserve cells and tissue constituents in as close a life-like state as possible and to allow them to undergo further preparative procedures without change. Fixation arrests autolysis and bacterial decomposition and stabilises the cellular and tissue constituents so that they withstand the subsequent stages of tissue processing. Great detailed guide with protocols. Anthony S-Y Leong. - [Read Fixation and Fixatives - A great guide]
Bouin’s fixative is a particularly good choice for worms because it penetrates dense tissues well and is extremely good for fixing antigens. Like all strong fixatives, however, it is unsuitable for some antibody-antigen pairs. In such cases, the length of time in the Bouin’s fixative can be shortened, or paraformaldehyde fixation can be used instead. - [Read Fixing Caenorhabditis elegans in Bouin’s Fixative Protocol]
Information on histotechniques. Includes: Fixation - types of fixatives; factors affecting fixation; General usage of fixatives; Tissue Processing; Sectioning; Frozen Sections; Staining; H and E staining; Coverslipping; Decalcification; Artefacts in Histologic Sections; Problems in Tissue Processing. - [Read Histotechniques Fixation]
Information on processing of microdissected tissue for molecular analysis. Includes: More than 10,000 Cells; Less than 10,000 Cells; Formalin-fixed; Paraffin-embedded Tissue; Other Fixatives; Timing. - [Read Processing of Microdissected Tissue for Molecular Analysis]