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)
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
Group B (Routine Histopathology)
Sample Dissections and Handling	Assisted $3.50/ sample
Tissue Processing (paraffin)
Required for samples submitted in formalin for paraffin microtome sectioning
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
	Unassisted: $0.55/slide
Dehydration and Clearing-	Assisted $2.00/ slide
	Unassisted$0.60/slide
Hematoxylin and Eosin-	Assisted $2.75/ slide
	Unassisted $1.10/ slide
Cytospin-	Unassisted$13.95/run
Training and/ or Assistance Group B- $30.50/ hour
Group C Services (Specialized Histopathology)
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
	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 rysuff@lcrc.info.

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