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The University of New Mexico's Human Tissue Repository and Tissue Analysis Shared Resource is a joint project sponsored by the UNM Department of Pathology and the UNM Cancer Center.
Services include:
Please remember to acknowledge the HTR-TASR in your publications. Thank you!
Technical Manager/Project Consultant Cathy Martinez, HTL, PA
Medical Director Edgar Fischer, MD, PhD
Interim Scientific Director Nancy Joste, MD
| Hours | Location |
|
8AM - 5PM University Holidays Excluded |
UNM Health Sciences Center Fitz Hall (formerly the Basic Medical Science Building) 3rd Floor, Room 306C |
Human Tissue Repository & Tissue Analysis Shared Resource Website
NCI Biorepositories & Biospecimen Research Branch
UNM Human Research Protections Office
| Name | Role | Phone | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cathy Martinez, HTL, PA |
Technical Manager / Project Consultant
|
505.272.0302
|
cfmartinez@salud.unm.edu
|
Fitz Hall UNM Medical Campus
|
| Fred Schultz, MA |
Image Analysis Specialist
|
505.272.1372
|
fschultz@salud.unm.edu
|
Fitz Hall UNM Medical Campus
|
| Price List |
| ► Consulting and Data Services (4) | |||
| Name | Description | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consult: Feasibility/Initial |
1 HOUR - NO CHARGE |
Inquire | |
| Consult: Follow-Up |
PER HOUR |
Inquire | |
| Consult: Pathologist |
PER HOUR |
Inquire | |
| Database Set-Up & Maintenance, Data Extraction, Case Selection |
PER HOUR |
Inquire | |
| ► Specimen Banking and Release (5) | |||
| Name | Description | Price | |
| Blood Processing: Basic (spin & aliquot) |
PER SAMPLE |
Inquire | |
| Blood Processing: Extensive (Ficoll Grade Separation) |
PER SAMPLE |
Inquire | |
| Handling Fee (basic collection without other services) |
PER SAMPLE |
Inquire | |
| Tissue Acquisition: Retrieval of Surgical Pathology Archival or HTR Banked Tissues for sectioning |
PER SAMPLE |
Inquire | |
| Tissue Release: Banked & Prospective (whole aliquots) |
PER SAMPLE |
Inquire | |
| ► Digital Pathology (6) | |||
| Name | Description | Price | |
| Digital Imaging: Brightfield @20X |
PER SLIDE |
Inquire | |
| Digital Imaging: Brightfield @40X |
PER SLIDE |
Inquire | |
| Digital Imaging Set-Up: Fluorescent |
PER HOUR BY CORE |
Inquire | |
| Digital Imaging Run Time: Fluorescent |
PER HOUR |
Inquire | |
| HALO Image Analysis: By Core (i.e. set-up, analysis, training) |
PER HOUR BY CORE |
Inquire | |
| HALO Image Analysis: Usage (independent use or analysis run time) |
PER HOUR BY USER or RUN TIME |
Inquire | |
| ► Histology (7) | |||
| Name | Description | Price | |
| H&E Staining (does not include sectioning) |
PER SLIDE
|
Inquire | |
| Paraffin Sectioning: Routine (cost per section) |
PER SECTION |
Inquire | |
| Paraffin Sectioning: Complex (sections for DNA or RNA extraction) (cost per section) |
PER SECTION |
Inquire | |
| Paraffin Sectioning: TMA (from existing HTR TMA) |
PER SLIDE |
Inquire | |
| Tissue Processing & Paraffin Embedding or Snap Freezing |
PER SAMPLE |
Inquire | |
| TMA Design & Set-Up |
PER TMA |
Inquire | |
| TMA Construction |
PER CORE |
Inquire | |
| ► Immunohistochemistry (6) | |||
| Name | Description | Price | |
| Optimization of New Antibody |
Per antibody |
Inquire | |
| Validation of New Antibody Lot (previously optimized) |
new lot of previously optimized antibody |
Inquire | |
| Routine IHC Staining with DAB (brown) Chromogen |
Per slide (plus batch/control fee per 28 slides) |
Inquire | |
| Single Antibody Batch/Control Fee |
covers cost of control tissues |
Inquire | |
| Routine IHC Staining with Purple or Teal Chromogen |
Per slide (plus batch/control fee per 28 slides) |
Inquire | |
| Single Antibody Batch/Control Fee with Purple or Teal |
Per antibody (up to 28 slides per batch) |
Inquire | |
