Equipment: Leica CM1860UV Cryostat
Location: 85/3113 Highfield Campus
Type: Manual cryostat
Minimum section thickness: 10 microns
Equipment: Leica CM3050 S Cryostat
Location: Level D Laboratory & Pathology Block, University Hospital Southampton Type: Motorised cryostat
Minimum section thickness: 10 microns
Equipment: Embedding station
Location: Level D Laboratory & Pathology Block, University Hospital Southampton
Embedding of tissue into paraffin blocks, to be used for sectioning with a microtome
Equipment: Microtome
Location: Level D Laboratory & Pathology Block, University Hospital Southampton
Sectioning of wax-embedded tissue
Optimal section range 5-50um
Supplemented by a temperature-controlled water bath , for tissue collection and a slide-drier.
Equipment: Tissue processor
Location: Level D Laboratory & Pathology Block, University Hospital Southampton
Sequential dehydration of tissue samples for downstream embedding into paraffin blocks with the embedding station.