School of Medical Sciences
Histology services
Routine histology
- Processing and embedding: The tissue samples are processed in an automatic processor and embedded in wax into a block.
- Microtomy: The embedded tissue is cut on a microtome to the required thickness to enable you to stain the section on a glass slide.
- Frozen sectioning: OCT embedded tissue is cut on a cryostat and sections are collected onto a slide enabling you to perform immunohistochemstry or special stains.
- Routine histology staining: Haematoxylin and Eosin is a routine stain in histology
- Special staining: Gram stain, Masson’s Trichrome stain, Elastic Van Gieson stain and many more stains can be performed in Histology.
- Immunohistochemistry: This method analyses and identifies cell types based on binding of antibodies to the antigens and cell components in the tissue samples.
Electron microscopy services
- TEM processing: This method enables you to process the tissue sample into an appropriate resin to enable you to create semi-thin or ultra-thin sections
- Semi-thin ultramicrotomy: 1 micron thin sections can be cut on an ultramicrotome
Training in histological methods
- Processing and embedding tissues
- Microtomy
- Cryostat sectioning
- Histochemistry
- Immunohistochemistry
Training documents:
Microtome training notes
(30.6 kB, PDF)
(30.6 kB, PDF)
Download forms:
Histology TEM request form - FMHS
(147.5 kB, MSWORD)
(147.5 kB, MSWORD)
Histology request form - the University of Auckland
(147.5 kB, MSWORD)
(147.5 kB, MSWORD)
