Facility Details

Our core provides specialty immunohistochemical services, instrumentation, training and support personnel for the research efforts of the COBRE CCRD mentors and their junior associates as well as the academic community at large. We are located on the sixth floor of the Aldrich Building within the main campus of Rhode Island Hospital. Our equipment includes an ArcturusXT laser capture microdissector, Stratagene MX3005p realtime PCR instrument, BioRad iCycler, Agilent Bioanalyzer, Olympus fluorescence-capable microscope with image analysis software, Ventana Discovery immunohistochemistry processor, microtome, cryostat, Beecher tissue arrayer and Aperio ScanScope. Our tissue bank has 40 cu ft of ultra-low freezer space and provides human tumor tissue samples to all interested investigators who have received IRB approval for academic testing and research.