CRRD and RQR Sponsored Workshop
SPERMATOGENESIS AND STAGING THE CYLCLE
OF THE SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM OF MOUSE, RAT AND MAN
March 22-23, 2018
Coordinators: Carlos R. Morales and Louis Hermo, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, McGill University
Location
Strathcona Anatomy and Dentistry Building
3640 University Street,
Room 1/56 (Histology Lab)
Montreal, Quebec
Lecture Topics
Histology of the testes.
Comparative Spermatogenesis in man and rodents.
Sertoli cell counting.
Staging techniques. Fixation, H&E, PAS, Plastic Sections, Transmission EM. Introduction to Aperio Digital Imaging.
Labs
Staging rat and mouse seminiferous tubules in paraffin sections stained with PAS-Hematoxylin and Hematoxylin and Eosin.
Staging human seminiferous tubules in paraffin sections stained with H&E.
Comments from previous workshop attendees:
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"Overall, this was a great workshop."
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