Journal: STAR Protocols

Article Title: Generation of orthotopic patient-derived xenograft models for pancreatic cancer using tumor slices

doi: 10.1016/j.xpro.2022.101899

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Article Snippet: Compresstome® Vibrating Microtome , Precisionary Instruments, LLC , VF-310-0Z.

Techniques: Recombinant, Ointment, Cream, Saline, Blocking Assay, Dissection, Sterility

Journal: bioRxiv

Article Title: Scaling up polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography to image the whole macaque brain

doi: 10.64898/2026.06.11.731509

Figure Lengend Snippet: a. Liquid agar gel injected into spaces prone to air pockets. b. A whole brain positioned coronally in the silicone mold, and liquid agar gel poured to embed the tissue in the desired orientation. The gel was allowed to set before it was removed from the mold. c. The embedded tissue from b glued to the compresstome plunger. A second gel pour stabilized the sample in the specimen tube completing preparation for sectioning. d. A custom container array to store brain sections for shipment and eventual histology.

Article Snippet: To enable whole-brain imaging, we replaced the vibratome with a compresstome (VF800, Precisionary Instruments; modified, see Supplemental Materials), one of the few sectioning systems capable of accommodating macaque brain volumes without requiring freezing or paraffin embedding, which might alter tissue properties.

Techniques: Injection