Tissue sectioning at UCSF
- Definition
- Histological sample preparation of tissue, to cut it into thin sections, usually using a microtome or a cryostat, for further analysis.
- Categories
- Material processing → Sample preparation for assay → Histological sample preparation → Tissue sectioning
Gladstone Histology and Light Microscopy Core
Gladstone Institutes,
Mission Bay
Contact: General Inquiries
415-734-2566
histology@gladstone.ucsf.edu
- Atherosclerosis studies (aortic pinout and aortic root sectioning)
- Tissue sectioning
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
- FFPE sectioning
Cancer Center Tissue Core
Biorepository and Tissue Biomarker Technology Core,
Mt. Zion
Contact: Jennifer Bolen
415-514-3500
Jennifer.Bolen@ucsf.edu
- FFPE sectioning
- Frozen sectioning
Cancer Center Mouse Pathology Core
Biorepository and Tissue Biomarker Technology Core,
Parnassus
Contact: Jennifer Bolen
415-514-3500
mpc@cc.ucsf.edu
- Frozen sectioning
- Paraffin sectioning