Experimental Pathology Laboratory (EPL)
Dr. Stephen Hewitt, Section Head, EPL
Building 10, Room 6B
Phone: 301-496-0040
Dr. Svetlana Pack, Deputy Section Head, EPL
Building 10, Room 2N115
Phone: 301-451-2723
EPL Core Services:
Histology
Frozen Tissue
- Cryosections
- H&Es
Fixed Tissue (Human & Animal)
- Tissue Fixation, including alternative fixatives
- Tissue Impregnation & Embedding
- Cell block preparation (agarose)
- Microtomy
- Histology Stains (H&E, PAS, Masson, additional stains with development and validation)
Immunohistochemistry
- Non-clinical Abs on human tissue (formal menu in development)
- Animal tissue
- Double staining (with development and validation)
- Fluorescent IHC with 2ndary Abs
- IHC on Cryosections (requires assay development and validation)
In Situ Assays
- DNA (FISH)
- RNA (flourescence or chromagenic via bDNA)
Laser Capture Microdisection
- Pixel II (multiple), Veritas, and XT instruments from Arcturus/Life Technologies
Tissue Microarray
- 0.6-2.0 mm core based TMAs
Imaging
- Whole Slide Imaging (20X and 40X)
- Whole Slide Image Hosting
- Upright fluorescent microscope imaging
- Inverted microscope with fluorescent imaging capacity
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