Difficulties of Slicing Older Animal Brains Younger rodent brains are much softer and easier to slice because these brains are not heavily myelinated. With older rodent brains, the amount of myelination makes tissue slicing difficult. Together with labs at the Allen Institute, we have developed the Compresstome to be successful at cutting brains from mature […]
We are Here to Support Your Research We’ve all worked on something and hit a road block, right? When this happens, do you receive the answers you need right away? In the scientific community, colleagues are busy, user manuals are misplaced or really lengthy, and finding the answer you need can be downright frustrating. […]
Today, we will like to share with you our Global Distributors & Partners! Our Global Distributors & Partners are companies around the world that sell our products internationally. We work with our Global Distributors & Partners directly, and they work directly with our customers from the corresponding countries. This creates a smooth buying process for […]
Do you want the best possible tissue slices every time you section tissue? The Compresstome® vibrating slicer comes with patented Auto Zero-Z® technology that will give you even and consistent slices every time you cut. Compresstome® models are equipped with Auto Zero-Z® technology during manufacturing, so when you receive your model, you can start working […]
Learning Methods for Every Learning Type Have you ever received a new piece of equipment that includes a long instruction booklet on how to use it or how to put it together? Do you wish you could just watch some short videos that show you the same information? At Precisionary Instruments, you can! Receiving […]
Introducing new tungsten carbide cutting blades Precisionary Instruments now provides tungsten carbide cutting blades for use with all Compresstome models! These blades are custom made to fit our VF-200, VF-200-0Z, VF-300, VF-300-0Z, and VF-700-0Z tissue slicers. Larger custom made tungsten carbide blades are also available for the VF-800-0Z and VF-900-0Z Compresstomes. What is tungsten carbide? […]
Meet Dr. Astero Klampatsa, who uses the Compresstome vibrating microtome for thoracic cancer research at the University of Pennsylvania! The Compresstome® Vibrating Microtome in the Albelda Lab: Dr. Astero Klampatsa works at the Penn Center for Lung Biology, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine at Penn. Her lab is headed by principle investigator […]
As the number of Compresstome® vibrating microtome users expand around the world, we would like to showcase some of their research work with you! This week, we feature the research of Professor Daniel Madison from Stanford University. The Compresstome® Vibrating Microtome in the Madison Lab: The Madison lab prepares slices of rodent hippocampus and performs […]
How to embed spinal cord tissue You asked, and we listened! We realized that embedding spinal cord tissue for cutting slices is quite difficult. Working with our biomedical illustrator, we came up with this visual protocol to help you embed spinal cord for cutting: Website: www.precisionary.com Phone: 617-682-0586 E-mail: info@precisionary.com Quote Request: […]
One of the most frequently asked questions that we get is: “What is the advantage of the Compresstome® compared to other slicers?” The vast majority of the time, our customers are on the fence about purchasing either a Compresstome® or another market vibrating microtome. We want to provide you with some empirical research […]