FENO - about us

FENO Histology Core Facility Campus South, provides high-quality histopathological services within preclinical research areas. FENO provides services for researchers at Karolinska Institutet and other universities such as KTH, Uppsala University, Stockholm University; Region Stockholm, and companies of all sizes. FENO collaborates with other core facilities at Karolinska Institutet to provide the best possible solutions to solve researcher’s scientific questions.

FENO team.
FENO Team from left to right: Tarja Schröder, Makbule Sagici, Shea Nee Chew, Poomy Pandey.

FENO provides analysis of different disease models, which contributes to enhance the understanding of human diseases/disorders and the development of new treatments strategies. FENO helps researchers to plan and conduct histological studies by combining standardized and multidiscipline technologies. A pathologist analysis is available, too.

FENO process both frozen- and formalin fixed, paraffin embedded (FFPE) tissues of human and different animal species. Moreover, FENO has expertise in processing spheroids, organoids and cells. FENO provides histological standard techniques, such as tissue trimming, dehydration, sectioning and staining. In addition, FENO provides automated special techniques, such as IHC, IF, Opal- multicolor staining, and RNAScope on Leica BOND RXm. FENO provides even slide scanning service by using ZEISS Asioscan 7.

Meet our team

Julianna MV Kele-Olovsson

Julianna MV Kele-Olovsson

Head of FENO Core Facility
Department of Laboratory Medicine
Makbule Sagici

Makbule Sagici

Senior Biomedical Scientist
Department of Laboratory Medicine
Tarja Schröder

Tarja Schröder

Senior Biomedical Scientist
Department of Laboratory Medicine

Shea Nee Chew

Research Assistant
Department of Laboratory Medicine

Contact and visit us

FENO is located at ANA Futura, Campus Flemingsberg, Huddinge. It is a part of Karolinska Institutet's organisation for research infrastructure – RIKI.

Phone: 073-699 43 70.

Email: phenotype@ki.se 

Postal address: Karolinska Institutet, Feno, Department of Laboratory Medicine, BCM, Alfred Nobels Allé 8, 141 52 Huddinge.

Visiting address: ANA Futura, floor 7, elevator B, Alfred Nobels Allé 8, SE-141 52 Huddinge

Content reviewer:
07-09-2026