The Pathology Research Core (PRC) facility is housed within the Pathology Department and is one of the core research facilities of the UMC Utrecht. The PRC facility offers a broad range of tissue collection, processing and analysis techniques to facilitate biomedical and clinical researchers. We provide high-quality histopathological services to support research into human and non-human (mouse, rat, fish) healthy and diseased tissues.
For general inquiries, please contact Petra van der Weide, Coördinator PRC facility.
Our facility hosts a team of a coordinator and 10 technicians, who have a wide range of expertise and experience.
We collect preclinical and clinical samples and process them for analyses and storage.
Samples are collected as fresh frozen specimen, processed for formalin-fixing and paraffin embedding (FFPE), or prepared for electron microscopy (EM).
We have a vast range of antibody-based protein expression detection techniques (chromogenic and fluorescent) and chemical procedures for histopathological assessment.
Our facility can also culture and process/analyze patient derived tumor organoid PDO models in specified extracellular matrix (ECM) gels upon request.
