1. Where do I start?
If you refer to the sitemap of this website, you will find information
regarding location, contact, scope of services and fees. For any
additional information or clarification please contact the staff
by e mail or fax with your questions and will be happy to respond
to you within 24 hours
As a start, we must have two requirements prior to initiating
your work
• An approval by the Institutional Review Board
• A validated method of payment
Complete the top portion of the Core Research
Facility Request Form. For billing provide a VISA number with
expiration date or a purchase order number which can be for an
exact dollar amount for closed end project(s) or an open purchase
order number for continuous service. If you have questions in
filling out the bottom portion for services requested contact
the laboratory for assistance.
2. How much does it cost?
The fee for service structure is outlined and detailed in the
“Order Form” posted on this web site. This covers
most of the routine services and specialized technologies. There
are a number of scenarios where the charges have to be established
on a case-by-case basis depending on the complexity and special
requirements of certain projects (example: an investigator requesting
development of a tissue-based immunohistochemistry for an antibody
that has not been applied to tissue sections before).
3. How
do I pay for the services?
For "closed end" project (s) a one time pre arranged
payment by credit card or a PO is sufficient. For an ongoing project
(a grant of several years), an open PO will be required and UPRS
will generate invoices and will inform the investigators when
their account is becoming "low for the work requested/expected"
4. How
long does it take?
For histology services (producing slides from wet tissues or paraffin
sections) we will honor a turn around time of a week (5 working
days)
For immunohistochemistry of two standard
antibodies on up to fifty blocks, a two to three week turn around
time is to be expected.
For the case identification and retrieval
function, the turn around time will depend on the length and complexity
of the required list with an expected range of two to six weeks.
For the construction of one tissue microarray
(starting from the point where tissue samples are available) turn
around time is two weeks.
*Details regarding more complex work and
ongoing projects need to be discussed on a case by case basis.
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