Laboratory
Phone: 858-822-1011
E-mail:
histologycore@ucsd.edu
Location: Moores Cancer Center
3855 Health Sciences Drive, Room 5345-Bay 5MM (fifth-floor lab)
Mail Code: MC 0815
Laboratory Manager
Kim McIntyre-HT
E-mail:
kkmcintyre@ucsd.edu
Assistant Director
M. Valeria Estrada, MD
Moores Cancer Center
3855 Health Sciences Drive
MC0815 Room 5310
La Jolla, CA 92093
Office Phone: (858) 534-8607
E-mail: mvestrada@ucsd.edu
Histotechnologists
Service profile - Histology processing (formalin fixed and frozen tissue)
- Routine H&E and specialized staining
- Antibody optimization and validation
- Immunohistochemistry/Immunofluorescence: single and multiplexing detection assays
- FISH/ISH
- Digital imaging and image storage: AT2 Aperio Scan Scope
- Laser Capture Microdissection (LCM)
- Customized Tissue Micro Array (TMA)
- Pathology consultation
Overview
Our mission is to provide complete solution for high quality histopathology services from human and experimental animal tissues to MCC, UCSD and outside researchers with up-to-date technology and histological approaches for biomarker discovery and validation.
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