Prostate Cancer Core

HCCB

 

Cores & Shared Resources

Human Pathology Cores

Prostate Cancer

Calendar of Events

 

Faculty Members

 

Organizational Structure

Core Director, Dr. Loda, will oversee the planning of core activities. Dr. Signoretti, Core Pathologist, performs all microdissection experiments and has developed novel techniques for DNA and RNA extraction from microdissected specimens, and reads and scores database slides. Dr. Nandita Bhattacharya is responsible for tissue processing, and sectioning from archived and frozen prostate tissues, immunohistochemistry and maintaining the computerized databases of Prostate cancer patients.

Services Provided [Human and Rodent]

Conventional histology services and slide preparation
  • Paraffin and frozen tissue processing
  • Paraffin and frozen tissue sectioning
  • Routine and specialized histological staining

Immunohistochemistry
  • Manual or automated immunostaining on paraffin and frozen tissue sections using characterized antibodies
  • Establishment of immunohistochemical assays for novel antibodies

Laser-capture microdissection

Photomicroscopy digital image capture and analysis

Education and Training

Discussion on how to optimize fixation and preparation of samples

Training on microdissection

 

Project Requisition Form

Material Drop-Off Form

Price List- Effective as of 1/1/00

 Location-

Thorn Building Room 910, Brigham & Women’s Hospital

Contact Us-

Core Senior Technician:Nandita Battacharya, Ph.D. at 632-4002 [Ph], 632-4005 [Fax]

Core Director: Massimo Loda, M.D. at 632-4705 [Ph], 632-4005 [Fax]

Core Pathologist: Sabina Signoretti, M.D.

Central Pathology Cores Administrative Coordinator: Lauri Wyner

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