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Kiernan's home page.
Go back to the list of
files.
Some links.
- StainsFile
by Bryan Llewellyn of British Columbia. This site contains a wealth of
information about dyes and other reagents, with recipes, procedures and
essays on the mechanisms of staining. A notable feature is a
compilation of more than 60 different formulations of haematoxylin
staining solutions.
- The Biological
Stain Commission
is a non-profit organization that has worked quietly behind the scenes
for more than 80 years to ensure that the dyes used for staining
tissues and microorganisms are what they claim to be and have adequate
potency and purity. The BSC holds an annual meeting and publishes books
and a journal, Biotechnic
& Histochemistry
that appears 8 times a year. A complete archive of the journal and its
predecessor Stain
Technology is available at the B&H publisher's web site.
Membership in the BSC is
open to all who
are interested in stains and staining. Members also
receive online subscriptions to the journal.
- Glossary of Staining Methods, Reagents, Immunostaining, Terminology and Eponyms. The Biological Stain Commission's glossary went online in December 2018; it is revised and enlarged from time to time.
- Journal of Histochemistry
and Cytochemistry.
Published by the
Histochemical Society, this has been the best journal
in its field since 1953. The web site includes abstracts and full text
versions (PDF files) of all the articles published since January 1953. (For papers
published in the last
year, you need to be a member of the society or your institution's
library must subscribe to the journal. All the earlier stuff is free!) - The
Cutting Edge. This
excellent newsletter is published four times a year by the Canadian
division of the National Society for Histotechnology. It carries
articles of interest to histotechnologists everywhere, as well as
informal items. Current and back issues are available.
- Special Stains Manual
by the late Charles Churukian. 2nd Web edition (2009). This
210-page document provides detailed instructions for all the "special
stains" used in the Pathology Department at the University of Rochester
Medical Center. The printed manual had 11 editions, 1977-2008. Notable
features are several microwave-accelerated staining methods and a list
of expiration times for solutions of dyes and other chemicals.
- IHCWORLD. An
ad-supported web site with much information on general histotechnology
as well as immunohistochemistry. Many links, including suppliers of
chemicals, antibodies, equipment etc.
- NordiQC.
Quality control organization for antibodies and techniques in
immunohistochemistry.
Links updated January 2020