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

PARAFFIN SERVICES

 

Processing and Embedding: per sample

$5.40

Reverse processing: per block $8.10

Agar Inclusion: per sample

$4.00

Decalcification: per sample

$6.00

Block cutting: per block

$2.10

Paraffin Sectioning - Unstained or for Staining: per slide

$2.20

Added complexity: per section

$0.80

Total Levels: (levels x number of blocks)

$2.80

RNAse free: number of blocks

$30.00

Membranes

$2.50

Coverslip: per slide

$1.50

DAPI Coverslip: per slide

$3.00
Trim Collection: per block $3.00

FROZEN SERVICES

Frozen embedding: per sample

$5.70

Frozen Block Cutting: per block

$5.40

Frozen Sectioning - Unstained or for staining: per slide

$2.20

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

$0.85

STAINING SERVICES

All Staining Costs are per Slide

 

H&E (Paraffin Embedded and Frozen)

$2.30

PAS/HPS Stain, Prussian Blue

$4.50

Giemsa - Parasites

$3.40

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

$3.40

Counterstain (Fast green, Nuclear fast red) $2.10
Prussian Blue, Herovici $4.50

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

$5.00

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

$7.50

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

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IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY SERVICES

Antibodies must be provided by the researcher

 

Deparaffin and/or Mount: per slide

$0.70

Antigen Demasking:(per batch of 20 slides)

$9.0

Antibody Titration: per antibody

$330.00

Immunohistochemistry (HRP): per slide

$33.50

Immunohistochemistry (IF): per slide $35.00

Dual Immunofluorescent staining: per slide

$39.00

TMA SERVICES

 
Set up Fee $350.00

TMA Sectioning: per slide

$3.00

TMA Construction: per core

$5.00
TMA Block Cutting: per block $4.00

SCANNING SERVICES

 
Axioscan, 20X Brightfield: per slide

$5.50

Axioscan, 40X Brightfield: per slide

$8.00
Axioscan, 20X Fluorescence: per slide

$16.00

Axioscan, 40X Fluorescence: per slide

$23.00

TRAINING

 
Cryostat Training* $53.00
Cryostat Usage: per hour $13.00
Microtome Training* $53.00
Microtome Usage: per hour $13.00

*Please contact [email protected] for Training

 

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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]