Histopathology and Tissue Shared Resource

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Services

The HTSR offers a full complement of histology services through our combined departments. The Human Tissue Bank supports tissue procurement and the retrieval of fresh frozen and archival paraffin blocks. The Histology laboratory provides processing, embedding and microtomy services both for fresh frozen and fixed tissues. The Histology lab also provides numerous routine and non-routine histological stains. The Immunohistochemistry (IHC) laboratory supports routine IHC staining for established antibodies, and the development of protocols for new antibodies. The IHC lab also supports TUNEL labeling and other novel labeling techniques. For more detailed information about HTSR services, please see the links below:

Database Searches: Tumor archives of more than 210,000 paraffin blocks from human cases.

Tumor Specimen Collection: For research and frozen tissue bank.

Tissue Procurement/Special Collections: For collection of tissue for individual investigators.

Histology: Processing, sectioning, staining.

Immunohistochemistry and Immunofluorescence: Immunological staining of tissue sections.

Pathology: For studies using human tissues and animal models.

Imaging and Quantitative Analysis: Bright field and fluorescent imaging and quantification.

Fees

Fee Schedule (excel format)

Submission Forms:
Select the links below to download fillable submission forms that can be filled using any Adobe programs and printed.  In order to save a filled form, you will need Adobe Acrobat (changes can be made but not saved in Adobe Reader).