Histology services Core facility at BioClinicum
OnkPat/Theme Cancer Core facility is available for staff at the Department of Oncology-Pathology in addition to research Theme Cancer in BioClinicum. New users need an introduction to get authorized. Contact information to responsible persons can be found below. Before using this core facility send your certificate from KI laboratory safety introduction to Paula Mannström. Access to the building is also required.
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.
For Slide Scanning, use BioClinicum Core facility Histo Core.
