Massachusetts General Hospital

Overview

The Specialized Histopathology (SHP) Core, a new entity created by consolidating five histopathology cores into a single unit with two performance sites, supplies consultative and interpretive pathology services that provide high-quality analysis of tissues obtained from experimental systems including rodents, fish and monkeys.

The SHP Core provides professional and technical research pathology services to DF/HCC investigators working in diverse organisms, including man, non-human primates, rodents, and zebrafish. The Core also assists in experimental design and the development and interpretation of tests and their results.

The SHP Core provides a comprehensive set of tissue-based tests and diagnostic services priced at cost for DF/HCC investigators, and pairs investigators with pathologists with subspecialty expertise in specific areas. If projects involve cancers or pathologic states outside of the expertise of Core-associated pathologists, the Core actively seeks out pathologists with such expertise to act as collaborators.

Group Members

Histology & Immunohistochemistry Services:

Jillian Brockmann
Tel: 617-726-5510
jbrockmann@partners.org

Professional Consultation:

Anat Stemmer-Rachamimov
Tel: 617-726-5510
rachamimov@helix.mgh.harvard.edu

David Lous
Tel: 617-726-2966
louis@helix.mgh.harvard.edu

Administrative/Billing Concerns

Lauri Wyner
Pathology Cores Administrative Coordinator
Tel: 617-432-4947
Fax: 617-432-6474
lauri_wyner@hms.harvard.edu

Facilities & Equipment

Core Location

Massachusettes General Hospital-East
13th Street, Building 149
Charlestown Navy Yard 6, Room 6122
Boston, MA 02129
Tel: 617-278-0747
Fax: 617-264-5677

Services

Go to http://genepath.med.harvard.edu/pathcore/ and select the Service Catalog icon below the login window to view a full list of services and pricing.

• Tissue trimming, cassetting, processing, and embedding
• Cutting and staining of paraffin-embedded and cryostat sections
• Immunohistochemistry [PDF list of available antibodies], for both routine and novel markers
• In situ hybridization, using chromogenic or radioactive detection methods (Longwood only)
• Laser capture microdissection (Longwood only)
• Automated blood cell counting for rodent and non-human primate samples (Longwood only)

Fee Schedule

Go to http://genepath.med.harvard.edu/pathcore/ and select the Service Catalog icon below the login window to view a full list of services and pricing.

Getting Started

You can download a pdf document for instructions for Getting Started to use the Pathology Core facilities.