Histology Services
Services Offered
- CLARITY: Chung, K., Deisseroth, K. CLARITY for mapping the nervous system. Nat Methods 10, 508–513 (2013).
- Tissues successfully cleared so far:
- Brain
- Heart
- Embryos
- Lymph Nodes
- Stomach
- Intestines
- Esophagus
- Spinal Cord
- Optic Nerve
- EM preparations for serial block face sectioning
Services not offered:
- We do not provide standard histology services such as parrafin and OCT embedding and cutting.
- We do not provide staining of cells and tissues.
Array Tomography Information
- The Cellular Scale: Seeing Inside Cells: Array Tomography
- iBiology Techniques YouTube: Microscopy: Array Tomography by Stephan Smith
- Array Tomography with SEM: Serial Section Scanning Electron Microscopy (S3EM) on Silicon Wafers for Ultra-Structural Volume Imaging of Cells and Tissues
Videos for Histological Preparations
- Essential choices for IHC
- Selecting your reagents
- Selecting ancillary reagents
- Optimizing your protocol
- Advanced detection protocols
Citation Guidelines for Using the SOM Microscopy Core
All publications using SOM Microscopy Core resources must cite the following grant numbers:
NS047101, OD030505, OD036455
Example acknowledgment:
Microscopy imaging was performed at the UCSD SOM Microscopy Core
(NS047101, OD030505, OD036455).