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Immuno-Histopathology and Tissue Processing

The core lab of the Clinical Research Program provides the following services for human and animal tissue:

Histology

immunohistochemistry

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  • Tissue processing and embedding into a wax block
  • Microtomy - paraffin and frozen tissue cutting of thin sections onto a microscopic slide
  • Routine Hematoxylin and Eosin staining for morphology

Immunohistochemistry

immunofluorescence

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  • Staining of tissue sections using immunohistochemical techniques such as Biotin Streptavidin HRP system
  • Optimize pre-treatment and titre conditions of anti-sera provided by researchers
  • Apoptosis staining using in-situ end labelling technique
  • Dual staining and multi-fluorescence labelling
  • Co-ordinates services with the Image Analysis lab for measurement and analysis