Freeze sectioning at UCSF
- Definition
- A technique used in histological sample preparation where water-rich tissues are hardened by freezing and cut in the frozen state with a freezing microtome or microtome-cryostat.
- Synonyms
- Cryosectioning, Cryogenic sectioning, Frozen sectioning
- Categories
- Material processing → Sample preparation for assay → Histological sample preparation → Freeze sectioning
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Mission Bay
Gladstone Histology and Light Microscopy Core
Gladstone Institutes,
Mission Bay
Contact: General Inquiries
415-734-2566
histology@gladstone.ucsf.edu
- Embryo embedding and sectioning
- Frozen sectioning
Mission Bay
Neurosurgery Tissue Core
http://eagle-i.ucsf.edu/i/0000015e-077d-b8c9-7df5-b10d80000000,
Mission Bay
Contact: General Inquiries
415-502-7796
cowdreyc@neurosurg.ucsf.edu
- Frozen sectioning
Parnassus
Cancer Center Mouse Pathology Core
Biorepository and Tissue Biomarker Technology Core,
Parnassus
Contact: Jennifer Bolen
415-514-3500
mpc@cc.ucsf.edu
- Cyrostat