BIOL 268X - Microtechniques Lab

Institution:

SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill

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Description:

The aim of this laboratory course is to familiarize and assist the student in mastering the technical skills involved in the preparation of high quality tissue slides. Each student will learn to program, run and clean the VIP processor; embed tissues at the embedding station; section tissues on each of three brands of microtome; and stain, coverslip, clean and label slides. The staining procedures will include routine hematoxylin and eosin staining as well as a wide variety of special stains including trichrome stains, silver stains, an acid fast bacterial stain and others. Special lab sessions will include decalcification of bone, immunostaining and field trips to hospital histology labs. To complete the course each student must fix, process, embed, section and stain a total of 25 final slides to be evaluated. Co- or prerequisite: BIOL268; a grade of "C" or better or permission by the Department of Natural Sciences is required for students who expect to take BIOL275.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.cobleskill.edu/

Phone Number:

(518) 255-5525

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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