Shared Resources
Biorepository and Tissue Technology
OVERVIEW
Availability of high-quality, annotated human tissue specimens and comprehensive histopathological services at the College of American Pathologists (CAP) - accredited UC San Diego Biorepository and Tissue Technology Shared Resources(BTTSR)
The BTTSR is founded on a well-established model that integrates tissue procurement, processing, storage, and multimodal (histologic, immunohistochemical, and molecular) analyses with traditional epidemiologic, clinicopathologic, and outcome parameters through a highly evolved bioinformatics system.
The mission of the BTTSR is to support MCC, C3, and outside researchers’ projects by providing annotated human bio-specimens, and state-of-the-art histology processing, interpretation, and histopathological analysis of samples.
Services
We provide a wide range of services
Biorepository Services
- Patient consenting
- Tissue acquisition
- Prospective collection
- Clinical trial support
- Tissue storage
- Distribution
- Blood derivatives: Buffy Coat, Plasma, Serum, PBMC
- Fresh Frozen Tissue: neoplastic and non-neoplastic
- Viable freeze
- Formalin fixed paraffin embedded Tissue: neoplastic& non-neoplastic
- Formalin fixed paraffin embedded Tissue: Autopsy
- PDX Models
- Other services
- DNA and RNA Extraction and QA
- Download a Request Form for Biorepository Services
Contact Information:
Sharmeela Kaushal
Biorepository Assistant Director
skaushal@health.ucsd.edu
Office: (858) 534-7302
Tissue Technology Services
- Routine Histology
- Tissue processing and sectioning (formalin fixed and frozen tissue)
- Routine H&E and specialized staining
- Immunohistochemistry/Immunofluorescence
- Antibody optimization and validation
- Single and multiplexing detection assays
- Whole slide scanning
- Brightfield AT2 Aperio
- Fluorescent (up to 6 channels + DAPI) PhenoImager Akoya
- Phenocycler Fusion: Ultra-plex Imaging
- Customized Tissue Micro Array (TMA)
- Experimental pathology consultation
- Download a Request Form for Tissue Technology Service
Contact Information:
M. Valeria Estrada
Tissue Technology Assistant Director
mvestrada@health.ucsd.edu
Office: (858) 534-8607