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In observance of a holiday, Agilent CrossLab/iLab Operations Software Support Help Desk will be closed during U.S. hours on Monday, September 1st, 2025. We will resume regular U.S. support hours on Tuesday, September 2nd, 2025. EU and APAC Support will remain open during this time. For urgent matters, please add "Urgent" to the ticket/email subject or press "1" when prompted to escalate a call on the iLab Support phone, and we will prioritize those requests first.
ALERT The LSU Health Sciences Center-New Orleans iLab site will be live beginning Monday August 11, 2025. To request and utilize any of the existing core services/shared resources after this date, you must create an account within iLab and either have your own lab or join an already existing lab. Resources, including recent live trainings on User and PI Accounts can be found on the LSUHSC School of Medicine Research webpage.
(hide this warning on this page)The Molecular Histopathology and Analytical Microscopy Core (MHAM) is a full range, state of the art resource facility, part of the LSU Cancer Center, housed in the Louisiana Cancer Research Center (LCRC) building.
The primary mission of this scientific core is to assist investigators of the LSU COBRE grant, and investigators of the Cancer Center and the region in the detection of protein dynamics in any type of cellular models and cancer tissue; while assuring high quality, consistent reproducibility, and technical expertise for microscopy and histopathological studies.
Histochemical and immunohistochemical methodologies are offered to provide information on protein expression, localization and interactions between viral and cellular proteins. Molecular histopathology, including in situ hybridization, are performed to provide investigators with information regarding cellular and viral DNA and/or RNA.
Our microscopes are capable of analyzing intracellular trafficking and sub-cellular localization of molecules involved in protein phosphorylation; signal transduction; cell cycle progression; cell-to-cell contact; cell motility; cell differentiation; apoptosis, angiogenesis; invasion or metastasis; DNA repair; gene expression; and drug discovery. The MHAM provides training and assisted support for all of its microscopes.
The Core is not obligated to provide histopathology expertise or figures, which is the resposibility of the Principal Investigators.
Luis Del Valle M.D., Director; Molecular Histopathology & Analytical Microscopy Core
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Monday - Friday 7 a.m- 6 p.m.
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1700 Tulane Avenue LCRC Building, 6th Floor New Orleans, Louisiana 70112 |
| Name | Role | Phone | Location | |
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| Luis Del Valle M.D. |
Core Director
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ldelva@lsuhsc.edu
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LCRC, Room 612
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| Mallory Barbier |
Histotechnologist
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mbarbi@lsuhsc.edu
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LCRC, 6th Floor 612 Cubicle
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