Much of the work carried out by DTT is in support of the National Toxicology Program (NTP), an interagency partnership of the Food and Drug Administration, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, and NIEHS.
Pathology Support Group
The Histology Support Team provides routine and specialized histological support to NIEHS and Division of Translational Toxicology researchers. This state-of-the-art facility is the most heavily utilized support group at NIEHS. Services include tissue fixation, processing, embedding, microtomy, and staining.
Histology Support Staff
Charan K. Ganta, B.V.Sc., Ph.D., D.A.C.V.P.
Contractor - IHC Pathologist
Tel 984-287-3833
[email protected]
[email protected]
Capabilities
- Bone decalcification and sectioning
- Conventional and specialized tissue processing
- Cryosectioning of formalin-fixed tissues
- Cryopreservation of fresh tissues samples in OCT blocks
- Preparation of paraffin embedded tissue blocks
- Processing, embedding and sectioning rodent embryos of various ages
- Routine Hematoxylin & Eosin tissue staining
- Routine fixation of tissue samples
- Routine microtomy of paraffin embedded tissue blocks
- Sections for mutational analysis from paraffin embedded tissues.
- Specialized histochemical tissue staining