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on March 14th, 2025. Effective immediately the core will
no longer be accepting new requests.
The deadline to pick up samples is March 12th, 2025. Contact
histocore@surgery.wisc.edu with questions or concerns.
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“The author(s) thank the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Surgery Histology Resource Core (HRC), Dr. Angela Gibson, MD, PhD, FACS, PI of the HRC, along with certified Histotechnologist Sierra Raglin, HTL (ASCP)CMP.”
| Hours | Location |
|
Monday - Friday
|
H4/337 CSC 600 Highland Ave Madison, WI 53792-7375 |
| Name | Role | Phone | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Raglin |
Core Manager
|
262-8395
|
raglin@surgery.wisc.edu
|
H4/337 CSC
|
| Angela Gibson |
P.I.
|
265-9574
|
gibson@surgery.wisc.edu
|
| Service list |
| ► Histology (6) | |||
| Name | Description | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rush Fee |
+50% of project total |
UW
$1.00
each
External Academic $1.00 each |
|
| Processing Only |
Paraffin process tissue, no embedding, charged per cassette |
UW
$2.40
block
External Academic $4.80 block |
|
| Process & Embed |
Paraffin process tissue and embed into paraffin blocks, charged per cassette |
UW
$8.40
block
External Academic $16.80 block |
|
| Re-embed |
Meltdown existing block and re-embed into paraffin |
UW
$3.60
block
External Academic $7.20 block |
|
| Paraffin Sectioning - total # of slides |
UW
$3.00
slide
External Academic $6.00 slide |
||
| Frozen Sectioning - total # of slides |
UW
$4.32
slide
External Academic $8.64 slide |
||
| ► Staining (17) | |||
| Name | Description | Price | |
| IHC |
Brightfield or immunofluorescent staining |
UW
$42.00
slide
External Academic $84.00 slide |
|
| H&E |
UW
$6.60
slide
External Academic $13.20 slide |
||
| Special Stains |
(Trichrome, PAS, etc.) |
UW
$16.56
slide
External Academic $33.12 slide |
|
| Alcian Blue |
Demonstrates acidic epithelial and connective tissue mucins |
UW
$16.56
slide
External Academic $33.12 slide |
|
| Alcian Blue/PAS |
Differentiates between neutral and acidic mucosubstances |
UW
$16.56
slide
External Academic $33.12 slide |
|
| Colloidal Iron, Mϋller-Mowry |
Demonstrates carboxylated and sulfated mucopolysaccharides and glycoproteins |
UW
$16.56
slide
External Academic $33.12 slide |
|
| Gram Stain |
Demonstrates Gram(+) and Gram(-) bacteria |
UW
$16.56
slide
External Academic $33.12 slide |
|
| Luxol Fast Blue (LFB) |
Demonstrates myelin |
UW
$16.56
slide
External Academic $33.12 slide |
|
| Martius Scarlet Blue (MSB) |
Demonstrates fibrin, muscle, collagen, and erythrocytes |
UW
$16.56
slide
External Academic $33.12 slide |
|
| Modified GMS |
Grocott Methanamine Silver. Demonstrates fungi and basement membranes |
UW
$16.56
slide
External Academic $33.12 slide |
|
| Oil Red O (ORO) |
Demonstrates lipids |
UW
$16.56
slide
External Academic $33.12 slide |
|
| PAS |
Demonstrates polysaccharides, neutral mucosubstances, and basement membranes |
UW
$16.56
slide
External Academic $33.12 slide |
|
| Picro-Sirius Red |
Demonstrates collagen |
UW
$16.56
slide
External Academic $33.12 slide |
|
| Toluidine Blue |
Demonstrates mast cells |
UW
$16.56
slide
External Academic $33.12 slide |
|
| Trichrome (Gomori 1-step) |
Demonstrates connective tissue, muscle, and collagen |
UW
$16.56
slide
External Academic $33.12 slide |
|
| Coverslipping Only |
UW
$2.40
slide
External Academic $4.80 slide |
||
| DAPI Only |
UW
$4.20
slide
External Academic $8.40 slide |
||
| ► Project Set Up (4) | |||
| Name | Description | Price | |
| Project Set Up Fee |
UW
$84.00
each
External Academic $168.00 each |
||
| Protocol Development |
|
UW
$84.00
each
External Academic $168.00 each |
|
| Set up per additional antibody |
UW
$12.00
each
External Academic $18.00 each |
||
| Tutorial |
|
UW
$72.00
/hr
External Academic $144.00 /hr |
|
| ► Imaging (1) | |||
| Name | Description | Price | |
| Imaging Services |
Slide images taken by core staff. Charged by the hour. Images taken using core microscopes.
|
UW
$72.00
/hr
External Academic $144.00 /hr |
|
| ► Labeling (2) | |||
| Name | Description | Price | |
| Cassette Thermal Labeling |
Thermal printed cassettes with barcode, if you wish to have them processed elsewhere. |
UW
$0.36
each
External Academic $1.20 each |
|
| Slide Thermal Labeling |
Thermal printing of specimen and stain details, if you wish to do your own sectioning. |
UW
$0.84
each
External Academic $2.40 each |
|
| ► Equipment Usage Fees (2) | |||
| Name | Description | Price | |
| Fluorescent Microscope WIMR 5122 |
Nikon E600 Microscope with Fluorescence Must be a trained user. |
Inquire | |
| Inverted Fluorescent Microscope H4/337 |
Nikon TiS/L100 Inverted Microscope with Fluorescence. Must be a trained user. |
UW
$12.00
/hr
|
|
