Please note that the fees displayed are subsidized by the University of Ottawa to its researchers and affiliates. For external fees, please contact [email protected]

Louise Pelletier Histology Core Facility

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Service Costs for Internal Clients

 

Processing and Embedding

$4.30

Reverse processing $6.50

Agar Inclusion: per sample

$3.80

Decalcification

$4.65

Block cutting

$1.90

Paraffin Sectioning - Unstained or for Staining: per slide

$1.35

Serial Sectioning OR more than 2 sections per slide: per slide

$0.40

Added complexity: per section

$0.65

Sections from different blocks or out of order: per section

$0.80

Total Levels: (levels x number of blocks)

$2.50

RNAse free: number of blocks

$23.70

Membranes

$1.65

Coverslip

$1.10

Trim Collection

$2.15

 

Frozen embedding - per sample

$5.50

Frozen Block Cutting

$5.20

Frozen Sectioning - Unstained or for staining: per slide

$1.40

Add frozen section (same or different block): per section

$0.80

 

All Staining Costs are per Slide

 

H&E (Paraffin Embedded and Frozen)

$1.65

PAS/HPS Stain, Prussian Blue

$3.80

Giemsa - Parasites

$2.70

Special stains cat. I - Alcian blue, Congo Red, Cresyl Violet, Thyoflavine, Sirus red, Toluidine blue, Alizarin Red

$2.70

Fast green (counterstain), Nuclear fast red (counterstain) $1.45

Special stains cat II - Masson Trichrome, Gomoris Aldehyde Fuchin, Verhoeff-VanGieson, LFB/PAS, Safranin O, Wrights-Giemsa Stain

$4.10

Special stains cat III - Brown-Hopps-Brent Gram stain, Oil Red O

$6.00

Silver Stain Modified, Alpha Cells - Churukian, Pentachrome, Von Kossa (calcium and minerals)

$10.80

 

Antibodies must be provided by the researcher

 

Deparaffin and/or Mount: per slide

$0.65

Antigen Demasking:(per batch of 20 slides)

$8.70

Counterstain (hematoxylin)

$1.60

Antibody Titration: per antibody

$300.00

Immunohistochemistry: per slide

$29.35

Dual Immunofluorescent staining: per slide

$36.50

 

Empty TMA Block

$3.60

TMA Sectioning: per slide

$2.80

TMA Construction, per core

$2.00

TMA Block Cutting

$3.95
 
Axioscan, 20X Brightfield: per slide

$4.30

Axioscan, 40X Brightfield: per slide

$6.50
Axioscan, 20X Fluorescence: per slide

$13.00

Axioscan, 40X Fluorescence: per slide

$18.50

Contact us

Pathology and Laboratory Medicine - Louise Pelletier Histology Core Facility

Roger Guindon Building, Room 4145 
451 Smyth Road
Ottawa, Ontario, K1H 8M5
Lab Phone: 613-562-5800 ext. 8332
[email protected]
Location

Hours of operation

Monday to Friday
9:00 am to 5:00 pm

Ana Giassi

Operations Manager
Phone: 613-562-5800 ext.8338
[email protected]