Re: [Histonet] plant tissue stain

2015-11-08 Thread Rene J Buesa via Histonet
I always used a green (Fast green) for cell walls and cytoplasm + a red (fuchsine) for nuclei.If you get Peter Gray's book you will find numerous plant procedures. In Bolles-Lee (Microtomist's Vade-Mecum) there are also many methods for plant tissues.René On Saturday, November 7, 2015

Re: [Histonet] Competency Assessments

2015-11-08 Thread Rene J Buesa via Histonet
Elaine:As you wrote there are differences of opinion, so here is mine:Start with "analysis" which is the process of determining the qualities of something. As I see it, in histology the pathologist is the one who analyzes = determines the qualities of the tissue sections and gets to a