Art of the Stain Voting

Vote For Your Favorite Stain!

In celebration of Histology Professionals Day (HPD) on March 10, NSH hosted its annual Art of the Stain Contest.

All submissions have been collected and you can now cast your vote for your favorite stain until March 20. One vote per person.

The winning stain will be incorporated into our 2025 logo.

Cast Your Vote

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#1

Stain: H&E

Tissue: Skin
Additional Information: Horizontal section of scalp biopsy for alopecia

#2

Stain: Picrosirius Red with Polarization
Tissue: Alligator Skin

Additional Information: This is a stain that enhances the natural birefringence of collagen. When viewed with polarization, collagen becomes red, orange, yellow, or green. Osteoderms are discs of bone that form in the dermis of the dorsal scales in alligators.

#3

Stain: H&E

Tissue: Frozen Bladder

#4

Stain: Masson's Trichrome

Tissue: Rabbit Corpora

#5

Stain: IHC Double Stain

Tissue: Prostate
Additional Information: Original magnification X 400

#6

Stain: Wright

Tissue: PM
Additional Information: Polycythemia patient and due to thick the blood was this smear has been done after understanding the nature of the blood and after troubleshooting

#7

Stain: Oil Red O
Tissue: Liver

#8

Stain: Wet Mount

Tissue: Synovial Fluid

Additional Information: We use different angles, and we see differently—a matter of perspectives

#9

Stain: Luxol Fast Blue

Tissue: Spinal Cord

#10

Stain: Psuedocolor, Methylene Blue

Tissue: Fish Gill

#11

Stain: H&E

Tissue: Bone in Mouse

#12

Stain: Methylene Blue

Tissue: Fish Gill

#13

Stain: GMS-F (left) & PAS-F (right)

Tissue: Hilum of lymph node in lung with hyaline cartilage
Additional Information: The stains are from the same tissue, different sections, stained separately