We offer comprehensive neuropathology resources including:
Tissue services
- Sections of formalin-fixed or fresh frozen tissue
- Formalin-fixed, paraffin embedded blocks
Learn more about submitting a tissue request
Pricing and Inventory:
Consultation services
- Project planning and review
- Letters of support
- Guest lecturing
- In-person and virtual outreach
Histology services
- Unstained slides
- H&E staining
- Standard immunohistochemistry (Beta amyloid, tau, TDP-43, alpha synuclein, GFAP, IBA1)
- Custom immunohistochemistry
- Custom immunofluorescence
- RNA in situ hybridization (RNAscope or Basescope)
- Thioflavin S staining
- Combination staining (RNAscope + immunofluorescence, thioflavin + immunofluorescence, etc.)
Pricing and Inventory:
Before submitting a tissue request, you may want to consider:
- Cases collected prior to 2026 are available for review on the current INRL inventory. All other cases are available for review on the NeuroBioBank inventory.
- What type of tissue do you need?
- What regions of interest do you need?
- What diagnoses are needed?
- Are there any specific inclusion or exclusion criteria needed?
- What are your targets of interest?
- How many samples do you need for statistical significance?
- Is this a stand-alone project, preliminary data for a grant, or a long-term collaboration?
If you are unsure of the answer to any of the above questions, please reach out to Dr. Kimberly Fiock (Kimberly-fiock@uiowa.edu) for a consultation to determine the best way we can serve your needs.
To submit a request for tissue in the INRL inventory, simply fill out the form. Our team will review the information and contact you if there are any questions. All requests and associated costs for NeuroBioBank tissue are handled through the NeuroBioBank portal.
Service pricing
| Tissue Service | Current Price | New Price (Effective 7/1/26) |
| Frozen tissue processing and storage | 82.60 per case | 82.60 per case |
| Frozen tissue retrieval | 11.25 per piece | 11.25 per piece |
| Fixed tissue processing and storage | 100.00 per case | 100.00 per case |
| Fixed tissue retrieval | 22.50 per tissue | 22.50 per tissue |
| Histology Service | Current Price | New Price (Effective 7/1/26) |
| Cassettes | 3.75 (updated April 17, 2026) | 3.75 |
| Processing of fixed tissue | 3.75 per block | 3.75 per block |
| Processing of frozen tissue | 6.50 per block | 7.50 per block |
| Paraffin embedding | 3.75 per block | 4.00 per block |
| OCT embedding | 35.00 per 9 blocks | 35.00 per 9 blocks |
Block set up fee — INRL standard blocks: cortex, cingulate gyrus, amygdala, hippocampus, thalamus, white matter, calcarine cortex, cerebellum, brainstem | 6.95 per block | 6.95 per block |
| Block set up fee — all other blocks | 2.95 per block | 6.00 per block |
| Sectioning per slide / sectioning per tube | 2.10 | 4.25 |
| H&E staining | 5.00 per slide | 4.00 per slide |
| Specialty staining | 7.60 per slide | 7.60 per slide |
Immunohistochemistry (investigator-provided antibody)
| 60.00 per slide | 60.00 per slide |
| Immunohistochemistry (INRL antibody) | 75.00 per slide | 75.00 per slide |
| Immunofluorescence (up to 3 investigator-provided antibodies)— mouse, rabbit, or chicken | 90.00 per slide | 90.00 per slide |
| Immunofluorescence (up to 3 investigator-provided antibodies)— other species | 100.00 per slide | 100.00 per slide |
| RNAscope (up to 3 investigator-provided probes) | 100.00 per slide | 130.00 per slide |
| Combined RNAscope and Immunofluorescence | 190.00 per slide | 220.00 per slide |
| Antigen retrieval only | 1.20 per slide | 1.20 per slide |
| Coverslip | 1.50 per slide | 1.50 per slide |
| Slide Box | 7.00 | 7.00 |
| Pathologist Time Unit (interpretation) | 250.00 per hour | 250.00 per hour |
| Clinical block prep and retrieval | 35.00 per hour | 35.00 per hour |