Morphology Core 

Bruce Woda, MD
Director

 

Services 
Fees 
Contact Us 

Mousespleen 

Purpose

The Morphology Core is a state-of-the-art, fully equipped histology lab that supports DERC investigators.  We can advise you on techniques that are appropriate to submitting and evaluating morphologic preparations.

You are welcome to drop in and discuss your research needs.

Services 

Our services include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Routine histological preparations
  • Special stains
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Frozen sections

Fees

(DERC members have priority in obtaining core services.  Note that acknowledgement of the use of DERC Scientific Core resources is required in any resultant publication, paper, or presentation.)

Light Microscopy
(price per slide or block)

DERC
Members

Other
UMMS

External
Users

Conventional histology

$4.40

$8.80

$10.80

Special stains

$5.00

$9.00

$10.80

Paraffin unstained

$3.50

$4.00

$4.80

Embedding only

$1.20

$1.80

$2.20

Cryotomy

$.75

$2.25

$2.70

Immunohistochemistry*

$6.00

$10.80

$12.96

Autoradiology

$6.00

$10.80

$10.80

*Investigators are asked to order their own antibodies (we only have a few antibodies in stock).

Contact Us

Bruce Woda, MD, Director
Phone: 508-856-1302
Email: WodaB@ummhc.org

Yu Liu
Email:  yu.liu@umassmed.edu 
Phone:  508-856-5639; 508-856-1198
Fax:  508-856-5030
 

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