Inexpensive holder for hand-trimming resin-embedded tissues

✍ Scribed by Robert R. Wise

• Book ID: 102333376
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 181 KB
• Volume: 56
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1059-910X
• DOI: 10.1002/jemt.10001

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

A simple and inexpensive mount for securely holding resin‐embedded tissues for trimming prior to sectioning for light or electron microscopy is described. The unit is composed of a base plate from which a 12.7‐mm drill chuck protrudes. A tissue block is clamped into a microtome chuck and that is mounted in the drill chuck. A standard dissecting microscope is placed over the unit and used to magnify the block for trimming. Total cost of materials is estimated to be $20–40 USD. Microsc. Res. Tech. 56:306–307, 2002. © 2002 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.