This core facility is equipped and staffed to provide a full array of histology services including tissue processing and paraffin embedding, sectioning (cryostat or paraffin-embedded) to specified thickness and histochemical stains, such as:

• Hematoxylin and eosin (H&E)
• Trichrome
• Elastin, Reticulin
• Giemsa
• Luxol fast blue
• Iron
• Bacterial and fungal 

HSR staff is able to advise researcher of tissue preparation, preservation and handling to ensure the highest quality results.

Histopathology and Knight Biolibrary Consultation Service

The Histopathology Shared Resource and the Knight Biolibrary have teamed up to provide a histopathology consultation service. Specifically, this will include advice on histologic procedures, histopathological evaluation of both animal and human tissues, evaluation of immunohistochemistry, digital microscopy, and microdissection.

Please contact Dr. Rosemary Makar (makar@ohsu.edu) or (hsr@ohsu.edu) to discuss projects.