Our Services
Histology
- Handling of tissues, cultured cells, cell suspension and Cytospins/smear preparations
- Fixation of tissue/cell preparations
- Processing tissues to paraffin or frozen blocks
- Sectioning of paraffin and frozen blocks to create slide preps for staining
- Special stains and immunohistochemistry studies on all slide preps
- Paraffin and frozen sectioning for DNA/RNA extraction using DNAse/RNAse-free methods
- Preparation, sectioning and staining of tissue microarrays
- VISIUM sectioning technique for FFPE and frozen tissue
Immunohistochemistry
- Antibody optimization
- Single marker staining and multiple labelling using chromogenic and fluorescence techniques
Unique Capacities
- Testing can be performed on human tissues for clinical trial investigations, as well as human or animal model research projects
- Testing services are customizable to clients' needs, but follow standard practices recognized to ensure quality of outcome
Sample Preparation
- Specimens can be received in fresh, frozen or formalin-fixed states in accordance with investigative studies required
- DNAse/RNAse methods are used in the preparation of sections or curls for DNA/RNA extractions
Other
- Method development/optimization of antibodies and probes
- Testing and technical interpretation
- Digital image scanning 20X and/or 40X
Additional Services
- Consultation
- DNA or RNA free preparation and sectioning
- Project Design or method developement
- Tissue microarray(TMA) construction
- Tissue processing and embedding for histology
- Tissue sectioning and mounting for histology
- Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH)
- Histology staining (H&E and special stains)
- Immunofluorescence histological staining
- Immunohistochemistry