Basic Stain Set

Biological stains and staining techniques are indispensable in the fields of microscopy, cytology, histology, pathology and microbiology—to name a few! They provide the beginning biologist tools for making the invisible visible. Familiarity with several stains and some basic techniques are skills that will be relied upon time and time again. This Basic Stain Set includes several of the most commonly used stains from beginning to advanced biology. Each is listed with most common uses and applications. Uses are not limited to those described.