Core Facility: Animal Pathology Core (APC)

Purpose: Research animal pathology and histology support services

Major Instruments/Services:

• Pathology:
  • Necropsy and tissue collection
  • Gross exam with report
  • Histopathology (slide interpretation)
  • Photodocumentation of lesions
  • Training in necropsy technique and slide interpretation
  • Phenotype screening (complete necropsy and histopathology of mutant mice)
  • Investigation of embryonic mortality or embryonic phenotypes
  • Assistance with development of animal pathology protocols
  • Internal review of animal pathology sections of papers for publication
  • Assistance with clinical pathology (bloodwork)
• Histology: tissue trimming, processing, embedding, sectioning, staining (H&E and other), frozen sections, consultation, training

Fee: Yes

Access: Open to Tufts community and external users, Tufts Investigators have priority

Preferred Contact: Lauren Richey, lauren.richey@tufts.edu, (617) 636-6488

Campus: Boston

Website: http://www.tuftsmedicalcenter.org/OurServices/CancerCenter/E_Research/AnimalPathology

Level of Service:

• Level 1: Fee for full-service facility. User only needs to bring a sample, the facility does the rest.
• Level 3: Do-it-yourself after intensive supervised training. Occasional trouble-shooting help is provided.

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