Dear Ginny, if you read through the Beecher manual it has quite a bit of
information about making TMA's using the Beecher instrument,

In addition,
http://tmalab.jhmi.edu/abouttma.htm 
You can go to our website and there is quite a bit of information
avaialble that you can print out and read.

TMA Handout - Detailed description of TMA uses, validation, design,
construction, data handling, and image handling. From the USCAP Meeting,
Washington D.C., 2003 


National Society For Histotechnology Talk 
http://www.tmaj.com/files/pub/DeMarzo_Fedor_NSH_for_Oct_2003.ppt 


Tissue MicroArrays Short Course 
http://www.tmaj.com/files/pub/Short_Course_Tmas_2004.ppt 


good luck.
Feel free to call if you have specific questions.

Helen
>>> "Achstetter, Virginia A." 
8/25/2006 6:50 AM >>>
Are there any good books out on how to prepare a tma block, trouble
shooting, cutting techniques etc.

Ginny Achstetter 
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