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Technical Notes & Presentations

Musculoskeletal Histology

Protocols:

  • Fixation Protocols (word doc)
  • Decalcification Protocol (word doc) (EDTA requests must be made a week in advance)
  • Mouse Calcein Alizarin Protocol (pdf)
  • Immunostaining of Skeletal Tissues (overview article, pdf)
  • Immunostaining of Frozen Sections (detailed step-by-step protocol, link)

Presentations and Technical Notes:

  • Bone Histomorphometry Guidelines (JBMR article, pdf)
  • Bone Histomorphometry (Video Lecture, 2020)
  • Bone Histomorphometry 101 (pdf)
  • Long Bone uCT Scanning followed by Histology

Microscopy and Image Analysis

Protocols:

  • BioQuant Protocol (pdf)
  • Bioquant Calibration Troubleshooting (pdf)

Software:

  • Leica LAS X offline software (free download)

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Musculoskeletal Research Center

425 S. Euclid Ave.
11th Floor
St. Louis, MO 63110

Citing the grant in publications:

“Washington University Musculoskeletal Research Center (NIH P30 AR074992).”

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