Preparative Histo Core
BioClinicum J8:20, Theme Cardiovasc, division of Vascular Surgery
Services offered by this core
- Dehydration service
- Equipment rental
- Slide scanning
Dehydration service
- We can dehydrate any type of tissue in regular or mega cassettes. The dehydration program can be adjusted to match different tissues type and size. Equipment: Milestone Logos (2019)
- After the dehydration we have two embedding stations for self-service. Equipment: Kunz WD-4 (2018)
Price dehydration
Dehydration 15 SEK per paraffin block
Embedding Free self-service. 450 SEK/hour if the Histo-core staff takes care of it.
If you do not have your own cassettes and pad’s you can buy them from us.
Equipment Rental
- Microtome 50 SEK/hour. Users of our Dehydration service have priority and can use the microtome for free. Equipment: Microm HM360.
- Pressure- boiler 25 SEK/run. Equipment: BIOCARE Decloaking Chamber Nx Gen.
Slide scanning
We offer brightfield slide scanning in our Olympus VS200 (2021) 40-100kr/slide.
Booking and further information
Contact person Mariette Lengquist mariette.lengquist@ki.se for booking dehydration and embedding.
Training
To schedule training contact us directly!
Training is required for all first-time users at the cost of 450 SEK/hour and is limited to instructions on how to operate the equipment and software. Training does not include supervision in assay setup, assay preparation or staining.
The fee includes the costs related to the first run.