Pathology Core Facilities
Aperio Glass Slide Scanner
Description: This facility provides access to scanning high-quality, ultra-resolution digital slides.
Location: 4005, Dental Sciences Building.
Fee Structure: User fee charged to maintain equipment.
| Type of Scanning |
Billing Category |
Fee Per Slide 20X |
Fee Per Slide 40x |
| Regular slide | Academic External | $7.00 | $21.00 |
Contact
Director: Dr. Candace Gibson
Phone: 519.661.2111 ext. 83849
Email: candaceg@uwo.ca
Manager: Kathilyn Allewell
Phone: 519.661.2111 ext. 82207
Email: konn2@uwo.ca
Manager: Linda Jackson-Boeters
Phone: 519.661.2111 ext. 84307
Email: linda.jackson@schulich.uwo.ca
Autoclave Facility
Description: Facility for autoclaving equipment and reagents.
Location: DSB 4019, Dental Sciences Building.
Fee Structure: Not applicable.
- Verify Wall Chart (PDF, 339KB)
- Autoclave Cycle Verification Testing Using Biological Indicator Ampoules (PDF, 148KB)
- Standard Operating Procedures For Autoclave (PDF, 25.4KB)
Contact
Director: Dr. Subrata Chakrabarti
Phone: 519.685.8500 ext. 36350
Email: subrata.chakrabarti@schulich.uwo.ca
Manager: Linda Jackson-Boeters
Phone: 519.661.2111 ext. 84307
Email: linda.jackson@schulich.uwo.ca
Brain Tumour Tissue Bank
Description: Supplies brain tumour tissues to researchers across Canada and all over the world.
Location: LHSC-UH Room C7-108
Fee Structure: Please contact the Director or Coordinator for details.
Contact
Director: Dr. David Ramsay
Email: david.ramsay@lhsc.on.ca
Coordinator: Marcela White
Phone: 519.663.3427
Fax: 519.663.2930
Email: marcela.white@lhsc.on.ca
Website: http://www.braintumour.ca/braintumour.nsf/eng/TissueBankResearchers
Confocal Facility
Description: Olympus Fluoview FV10i. This facility provides access to live cell imaging and stand alone confocal.
Location: 4004, Dental Sciences Building.
Fee Structure: $20/hr user fee charged to maintain equipment.
Contact
Director: Dr. Subrata Chakrabarti
Phone: 519.685.8500 ext. 36350
Email: subrata.chakrabarti@schulich.uwo.ca
Manager: Linda Jackson-Boeters
Phone: 519.661.2111 ext. 84307
Email: linda.jackson@schulich.uwo.ca
Cryo-Sectioning Laboratory
Description: This facility provides access to cryostat for frozen sections. This core facility also provides infrastructure and training for cryo-sectioning.
Location: 4012, Dental Sciences Building.
Fee Structure: $10/hr user fee charged to maintain equipment.
Contact
Director: Dr. Subrata Chakrabarti
Phone: 519.685.8500 ext. 36350
Email: subrata.chakrabarti@schulich.uwo.ca
Manager: Linda Jackson-Boeters
Phone: 519.661.2111 ext. 84307
Email: linda.jackson@schulich.uwo.ca
Experimental Transplant Pathology Laboratory
Description: Laboratory provides standardized routine histology, electron microscopy, immunohistochemistry for various species such as monkey, baboon, pig, dog and rodents at the light microscopic or at the ultra structural level, in situ hybridization, apoptosis and morphometric analysis. This newly established core facility also provides interpretation with regards to histopathological changes.
Location: 4032, Dental Sciences Building.
Fee Structure: N/A
Contact
Director: Dr. Aaron Haig
Email: aaron.haig@lhsc.on.ca
Manager: Weihua (Winnie) Liu
Phone: 519.661.2111 ext. 87103
Email: weihua.liu@schulich.uwo.ca
Kodachrome Slide Scanning
Description: This facility provides scanning of 35mm slides to high-quality digital files.
Location: 4013, Dental Sciences Building.
Fee Structure: $1/per slide, fee charged to maintain equipment.
Contact
Manager: Kathilyn Allewell
Phone: 519.661.2111 ext. 82207
Email: konn2@uwo.ca
Laser Dissection Facility
Description: Zeiss PALM MicroBeam This facility provides access to laser micodissection facility of unstained slides, which can be used to dissect out samples for RNA and protein analysis.
Location: 4004, Dental Sciences Building.
Fee Structure: $20/hr user fee charged to maintain equipment.
Contact
Director: Dr. Jack Bend
Phone: 519.661.2111 ext. 82456
Email: jack.bend@lhsc.on.ca
Manager: Linda Jackson-Boeters
Phone: 519.661.2111 ext. 84307
Email: linda.jackson@schulich.uwo.ca
Microscopic Image Analysis Facility
Description: This core facility provides infrastructure and training for light and fluorescence microscopy and image analysis.
Location: 4004, Dental Sciences Building.
Fee Structure: $20/hr for Fluorescence and $10/hr for Light Microscopy user fee charged to maintain equipment.
Contact
Director: Dr. Subrata Chakrabarti
Phone: 519.685.8500 ext. 36350
Email: subrata.chakrabarti@schulich.uwo.ca
Manager: Linda Jackson-Boeters
Phone: 519.661.2111 ext. 84307
Email: linda.jackson@schulich.uwo.ca
Poster Preparation & Printing / Multi Media Facility
Details: Print size up to 50" wide or less by any length.
Single sided printing.
Turnaround time approximately 1-2 days.
Laminating up to 24” wide or less by any length.
Film and flatbed scanning are also available.
Location: 4013, Dental Sciences Building.
Fee Structure: $7.00 per sq ft for poster printing on premium photo-quality paper
$11.00 per sq ft for poster printing on fabric
$10.00 per sq ft for poster printing on banner or canvas paper
$12.00 per sq ft for poster printing on adhesive paper
Cost covers materials and processing.
More information on this service can be found here.
Contact
Manager: Kathilyn Allewell
Phone: 519.661.2111 ext. 82207
Email: konn2@uwo.ca
Real Time PCR Facility
Description: Provides access to rapid real Time PCR equipment [lightcycler™].
Location: 4030, Dental Sciences Building
Fee Structure: $50/PCR run fee charged to maintain equipment.
Contact
Director: Dr. Subrata Chakrabarti
Phone: 519.685.8500 ext. 36350
Email: subrata.chakrabarti@schulich.uwo.ca
