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From: | "J. A. Kiernan" <jkiernan@julian.uwo.ca> (by way of histonet) |
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Carmen: Here are a few journal suggestions for histological
techniques. If I'm right in guessing that there isn't a lot
of money for this sort of thing in Malta, the cost can usually
be greatly reduced by paying an individual's subscription to
a society. Items 2 and 3 below are good value for money by
any standard. Compared with lab supplies, journals (and books)
are cheap items, and they don't get used up. Every lab needs
a set of bookshelves that's well stocked with literature
additional to vendors' catalogues (valuable and essential
though theee are).
1. The three classy journals are: (a) J. Histochem. Cytochem.
(American, published by the Histochemical Society; about
$150 for 12 issues - the society's membership fee. Probably
more for a library, but I don't know.) (b) Histochemical Journal
(British, published by the Royal Microscopical Society; about
80 pounds for 12 issues if you're a member of the Society (which
also sends out its Proceedings 4 times a year; usually a good read)
(c) Histochemistry and Cell Biology, an international commercially
published journal - affordable only for institutions.
2. Two inexpensive journals that come out less frequently are
Biotechnic and Histochemistry (published by the Biological Stain
Commission, in USA; about $55 for 6 issues; covers all aspects of
microtechnique, not just staining; for information have a look
at http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/SMD/Path/BSC/contents.html )
Journal of Histotechnology (also American; published by the
Society for Histotechnology; 4 issues for the membership fee
of about $50 a year; it contains predominantly but not
exclusively papers relating to histopathological methods.
3. Another publication that's been around for about 30 years is
Histo-Logic, distributed by an American company called Sakura.
You can download back issues from their web page:
http://sakuraus.com/ASPages/Histo-Logic.asp
It contains all sorts of useful information and technical
tips. I think it's distributed free. (I also thought I was on
their mailing list, but haven't received the last 2 or 3 issues.
Vinnie, are you there?)
There are lots of others, and I know I'll have offended some
readers of this message by not mentioning them all -- but I've
gone on for long enough, and others will undoubtedly tell you
about their favourite journals.
John A. Kiernan,
Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology,
The University of Western Ontario,
LONDON, Canada N6A 5C1
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