Tissue Acquisition and Cellular/Molecular Analysis Shared Service
Ray B. Nagle, M.D., PhD., Achyut Bhattacharyya, M.D., Wenxin Zheng, M.D.
TACMASS offers two primary types of services to Arizona Cancer Center (AZCC) and University of Arizona (UA) research investigators:
I. Molecular and Cellular Analysis
TACMASS offers expertise in histological and immunopathological techniques and expert pathological analysis of both human and research animal tissues and cells. TACMASS assists researchers with experimental design and the interpretation of pathological findings. The following techniques are available:
- Routine Histology
- Immunostaining
- Laser Capture Microdissection (LCM)
- Design and Construction of Tissue MicroArrays (TMAs)
- Pathologic Analysis and Interpretation
II. Tissue Acquisition and the AZCC Tumor Bank
TACMASS is also responsible for the collection, banking, annotation and distribution of surgical biospecimens obtained through the AZCC Biospecimen Repository. TACMASS provides AZCC cancer researchers with access to a repository of high quality, carefully collected and annotated human tumor tissues and body fluids for translational research.
To access rates for AZCC/UA investigators, please click here. You will be asked to sign in with your UA NetID and password.