Please welcome Dr. Elham Nasri as the first medical director for the Molecular Pathology Core beginning in August 2026. Dr. Elham Nasri is a Clinical Associate Professor of Pathology and Unit Director of Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology at the University of Florida, with a secondary appointment in the Department…
We are pleased to highlight a recent publication by Dr. Nikolaos Pipis in Biomaterials Advances (Elsevier), titled “Injectable aptamer-functionalized nucleic acid–collagen hydrogels as a bioactive platform for angiogenic applications.” This work represents the culmination of Dr. Pipis’s doctoral research at the University of Florida and presents the first in vivo…
The 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 in…
The Nanostring GeoMX Digital Spatial Profiling (DSP) and nCounter instruments are available through the Molecular Pathology Core. The GeoMX provides digital spatial profiling for proteins or mRNA for human and mouse samples. More information about GeoMX DSP can be found at their website. Cell types of interest can be identified…
The Nanostring nCounter digital analyzer is available through the Molecular Pathology Core and provides robust information about proteins or genes for human, mouse, and rat samples. More details about nCounter assays can be found on their website. Dr. Ann Fu provides technical support for running the instrument for users…
Quadruple or multiplex IHC is becoming more mainstream. Shown below are islets from three species (human, rat, and pig) stained for somatostatin (SS, green), glucagon (GCG, red), insulin (Ins, blue) and pancreatic polypeptide (PP, black). This staining was done using OPAL chromogen kits given to the MPC by Biocare Medical.
