Histopathology

Garvan’s Histopathology facility is located in The Kinghorn Cancer Centre. Our focus is to provide a wide range of high quality histology services to researchers within the Research Precinct as well as external collaborators as either a full service provided by specialist staff or trained researcher use of some of the specialist equipment.

Services

The Histopathology facility provides researchers with the following services:

Tissue Processing
Paraffin Embedding
Microtomy (sectioning)
Haematoxylin and Eosin staining (H&E)
Automated Coverslipping
Frozen sectioning
Sectioning for DNA isolation
Select Special staining
Automated Immunohistochemistry
Automated Insitu-hybridisation
Tissue Microarray (TMA) design and construction
Consultation on tissue preparation and optimisation
Theory, technical and equipment training for Histopathology

Technology Platforms

Please see the Equipment page.

For further information please contact Alice Boulghourjian at a.boulghourjian@garvan.org.au