Histology services

Room nr: U230 06 4100

Responsible person: Anna Malmerfelt

Request service and Cryostat booking: iLab 

Microscope and lab bench booking: Manually in the lab

General information:

The Histology core facility provides services such as histo-processing, paraffin embedding, paraffin sectioning, frozen sectioning and immuno-histochemistry.

There is room for self-service on the ventilated benches: deparaffinization, dehydration and coverslip mounting. Upon agreement, there is a lab bench available to use for immunohistochemistry work. A cryostat for frozen sectioning can be only used by the trained users and it is charged by the hour through iLab. There is a light microscope for slides’ viewing and capturing the images. An Antigen Retrieval Chamber (Biocare Medical) is available for use after an introduction. 

New users need to be introduced to the routines used in this facility before starting any work. For further information and a price list, please contact Anna Malmerfelt anna.malmerfelt@ki.se. 

For Slide Scanning, use BioClinicum Core facility Histo Core.