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Heather Kates, PhD, Bioinformatics Analysis, joins MPC

Dr. Kates joined the MPC in 2023 and can provide bioinformatics support for RNA and protein analyses from the Nanostring GeoMX digital spatial profiler and nCounter instruments. She has more than ten years of experience in data systems design and management. Her expertise includes processing and analysis of…

Olympus VS200 Brightfield&Fluorescence Scanner Installed November 2023

The Olympus VS200 slide scanner was obtained through an NIH Shared Instrumentation Grant and has been installed in D11-35.  Assisted scanning will be performed by MPC staff and charged on a per-slide cost basis. Unassisted use can be performed following training. The VS200 produces fast scans at 20x or 40x…

nCounter

Need to run your Nanostring nCounter assay for multiplex RNA, DNA or protein targets? The Molecular Pathology Core maintains a nCounter FLEX instrument and provides technical support to run the instrument. Contact Ann Fu through the MPC mailbox (molecular@ufl.edu) for initial free consultations or information about this instrument. For information…

Molecular Pathology Core is hiring for two full-time positions!

Research histology has never been so interesting as for these days with scientific advances rapidly occurring in so many areas. Join our team in providing a wide range of histology and immunolocalization services to all researchers and help make a difference in human and animal health. Please contact us for…

New Core member of BioImaging North American (BINA)

MPC has joined the BioImaging North American (BINA) consortium. BioImaging North America (BINA) was started during the 2018 “Frontiers in Microscopy Technologies and Strategies for Bioimaging Centers Network” meeting on Janelia Research Campus. It was registered as a US non-profit organization in June 2018 and until the Spring of 2021 was…

Bon Voyage Lily and Welcome Eric

In August, we bid a fond farewell to Xian (Lily) Li, postdoctoral fellow, in the Core for two years, who returned to China. She worked tirelessly to provide histology and immunohistology services to our users, particularly during the 2020 pandemic. We hope she can return to the Core in a…

MPC Staff Contribution for JCI Publication

We are pleased to announce a recent MPC staff member contribution to a publication by Cathy Yuping Sun. Cathy is our Senior Biological Scientist who has extensive experience in histology and immunohistochemistry. The paper includes the TUNEL assay and IHC with MAMLD2 LAD, Ki-67, cleaved caspase-3, phospho-RB, Cdk4, and…

Olympus VS200 Brightfield&Fluorescence Scanner Demo May 3-5, 2021

An Olympus VS200 slide scanner was evaluated by multiple users using their sample brightfield and fluorescent slides. The instrument was user-friendly with fast scans that produced clear images for both brightfield and fluorescence. Large format slides (2″ x 3″) were also scanned following H&E staining. Additional features included extended focus…

3DHISTECH Pannoramic MIDI II Scanner Demo March 19, 2021

Pannoramic MIDI II We are pleased to present a whole slide image scanner demo this week by Richard Wolf, richard.wolfe@epredia.com. Users who are interested can bring a couple of slides (bright-field or fluorescence) to scan and see how this scanner could be of value in your research. Time:…

Phenoptics Seminar by AKOYA Biosciences – February 24th, 2021

We are please to host a seminar by Akoya Biosciences presented by Clemens Duerrschmid. Please join us to learn more about how Phenoptics applications can be of service to your research! Phenoptics Automated Quantitative Pathology Single cell resolution with trainable machine learning algorithms: Recent advances in…