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:
- The current INRL 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, simply fill out the form. Our team will review the information and contact you if there are any questions.
Service Pricing
| Tissue Service | Price |
| Frozen tissue processing and storage | 82.60 per case |
| Frozen tissue retrieval | 11.25 per piece |
| Fixed tissue processing and storage | 100.00 per case |
| Fixed tissue retrieval | 22.50 per tissue |
| Histology Service | Price |
| Processing of fixed tissue | 6.50 per block |
| Embedding | 3.75 per block |
Blocks to be sectioned (INRL standard blocks)— cortex, cingulate gyrus, amygdala, hippocampus, thalamus, white matter, calcarine cortex, cerebellum, brainstem | 6.95 per block |
| Blocks to be sectioned (all other blocks) | 2.95 per block |
| Sectioning | 2.10 per slide |
| H&E Stain | 5.00 per slide |
Immunohistochemistry (investigator provided antibody)
| 60.00 per slide |
| Immunohistochemistry (INRL antibody) | 75.00 per slide |
| Immunofluorescence (up to 3 investigator provided antibodies)— mouse, rabbit, or chicken | 90.00 per slide
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| Immunofluorescence (up to 3 investigator provided antibodies)— other species | 100.00 per slide |
| RNAscope (up to 3 investigator provided probes) | 100.00 per slide |
| Coverslip | 1.50 per slide |
| Slide Box | 7.00 |
| Technician Time Unit (imaging) | 60.00 per hour |
| Pathologist Time Unit (interpretation) | 250.00 per hour |