Histology and Light Microscopy Core

Overview of Services

Our core provides a wide variety of histology and light microscopy services, technical assistance, advice, consultation and collaboration to the Gladstone, UCSF, surrounding institutions and biotech communities.

 

Visit our website for more information on our instruments and services.         

      

How to Get Started:

 

• Sign up for a new account using the link in the upper right hand corner, or click here.
• Login with your approved credentials in the upper right hand corner
• Forgot your password? Click Request/Reset password.
• To request a service, select on the tab "Request Services" and then "Schedule Equipment".

 

How to Contact the HLMC Core Team

 

                                General contact

         Scientific - histology-tech@gladstone.ucsf.edu
Administrative - histology-admin@gladstone.ucsf.edu

 

Jane Srivastava
Scientific Resource Director
Phone: 415-734-2566
Email: jane.srivastava@gladstone.ucsf.edu

 

Rose Guerrero
Senior Research Technologist
Email: rose.guerrero@gladstone.ucsf.edu

 

Rebecca Blandino
Assistant Core Director
Email: rebecca.blandino@gladstone.ucsf.edu

 

 

  

How to get to our Core facility: 

Hours of Operation	Location
Mon - Fri, 8:30am - 5:30pm	Room 367, 1650 Owens St, SF, CA, 94158

 

• Gladstone address: 1650 Owens St, San Francisco, CA 94158 , Room 367  (See map below)

• If you do not have a Gladstone's visitor or Temporal ID, please sign in at the reception desk in the lobby:

          - Front Desk will call the lab and/or let you in the elevator leading to the 3rd Floor, Room 367.

         

• On the 3rd Floor from the elevator: => turn right into the main lab, =>turn right again => walk all the way through the open labs and => the histology core is the first room on the left. A map of the 3rd floor can be found here and below

 

 

                   

Contacts

Name	Role	Phone	Email	Location
Jane Srivastava	Scientific Resource Director		jane.srivastava@gladstone.ucsf.edu	Room 521
Karena Essex	Senior Administrative Specialist		karena.essex@gladstone.ucsf.edu	Room 409
Rose Guerrero	Senior Research Technologist	415-734-2012	rose.guerrero@gladstone.ucsf.edu	Room 367
Rebecca Blandino	Assistant Core Director		rebecca.blandino@gladstone.ucsf.edu	Room 367
Alex Liu	Research Technologist II		alex.liu2@gladstone.ucsf.edu	Room 367

Available Equipment and Resources

▼ ► Histology (3)

Name Price Cryostats-NX70   Leica Slide Stainer   Paraffin Microtome and Waterbath

▼ ► Image Analysis Workstations (2)

Name Price GICD Image Analysis Computer (Room 435)   GIND Image Analysis Computer (Cubicle Left of 314)

▼ ► Microscopy (4)

Name Price Coyote 2 - GICD Keyence (room 366) BZ9000   Coyote 3 - GIND Keyence (room 366) BZX710   Evident FV3000RS-Snow Leopard (Room 326)   Tarsier - Zeiss LSM880 Confocal w/ Airyscan (Room 367)

▼ ► Offline Equipment (10)

Name Price BB01 - Leica upright scope with camera   BB02 - Leica stereoscope with camera   Chameleon - Nikon Eclipse E600 Upright Microscope (Phase Contrast and Epifluorescence) (Rm 327)   Cuttlefish - Zeiss Z1 Microscope (Rm 461)   Eagle - Leica SP5 Confocal Microscope (Rm 327)   GIVI Zeiss   Jellyfish - SmartClear Active Tissue Clearing System (Rm 366)   Reichert Ultracut S View calendar Default usage type Mon-Fri 06:00 AM - 09:00 PM Internal Gladstone $7.00 /hr UCSF $8.65 /hr External (non-profit) $11.65 /hr Corporate $15.40 /hr Slide Labeler (staff use only)   Sliding Microtome

▼ ► PI Equipment (5)

Name Price DS01 - Leica upright scope with camera   DS02 - Leica stereoscope with camera   GIND RT-PCR machine   IN Cell Analyzer   Seahorse Machine

▼ ► Special permission (1)

Name Price Equipment for 10x training

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