| Core Facilities Imaging Core
Location | Access | Services & Fees | Contact
Purpose
The purpose of this core laboratory is to assist investigators requiring detection, imaging, and morphometric analysis of gene and protein expression in any type of cell and tissue. Services, expertise and state-of -the-art biomedical imaging services will be provided with the hope of broadening and streamlining all morphological research.
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Location
The Imaging Core is located on the 6th floor of the LSUHSC Clinical Sciences Building in room 601.
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Access
The Core is open 9am-5pm Monday-Friday and services are available to all LCRC members at discounted rates and non-members at full price.
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Services & Fees
Group A Services (Microscopy, Imaging, and Analysis) |
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Nikon E600 upright( brightfield and epifluorescence) |
Unassisted: $15.00/hour |
Leica Mz75 stereomicroscope |
Unassisted: $10.00/hour |
Leica DMRXA deconvolution microscope |
Assisted only |
Bio-Rad Radiance 2100 confocal |
Unassisted: $25.00/ hour |
Training and or Assistance Group A Services $30.50/hour |
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Group B (Routine Histopathology) |
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Sample Dissections and Handling |
Assisted $3.50/ sample |
Tissue Processing (paraffin) |
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Required for samples submitted in formalin for paraffin microtome sectioning |
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Embedding (paraffin)- Required after tissue processing |
Assisted: $2.00/block |
Paraffin Sectioning- Includes 1 to 4 sections per slide |
Assisted: $2.75/slide |
Unassisted (user provides consumables) |
$0.040/slide |
Frozen Sectioning- |
Assisted $6.00/ slide |
Deparaffinization- |
Assisted: $2.00/ slide |
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Unassisted: $0.55/slide |
Dehydration and Clearing- |
Assisted $2.00/ slide |
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Unassisted$0.60/slide |
Hematoxylin and Eosin- |
Assisted $2.75/ slide |
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Unassisted $1.10/ slide |
Cytospin- |
Unassisted$13.95/run |
Training and/ or Assistance Group B- $30.50/ hour |
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Group C Services (Specialized Histopathology) |
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Special Stain I (e.g. X-gal, PAS) |
Assisted $5.00/ slide |
Special Stain II (e.g. GMS, AFB) |
Assisted $6.00/ slide |
Special Stain III (e.g. Trichrome , Alcian Blue) |
Assisted $10.00/ slide |
Immunohistochemistry |
Assisted $14.00/ slide |
Immunofluorescence |
Assisted $8.25/ slide |
Fluorescent Counterstains |
Assisted (nuclear): $2.00/slide |
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Assisted (cytoskeletal): $4.00/slide |
In situ hybridization |
Assisted: $22.00 /slide |
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Contact
Core Director:
Luis Marrero, Ph.D.
Phone: 504-568-2597
Email: lmarre@lsuhsc.edu
Imaging Core Facility
http://www.medschool.lsuhsc.edu/GeneTherapy/MIC/
For more information on the Cores, contact the LCRC Office of Scientific Administration at 504-680-2998 or email rpaz@lcrc.info.
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