Internal users (Indiana University School of Medicine)
Paraffin
| Paraffin Embedding |
$8.50 per cassette |
| Paraffin Sectioning (up to 5 slides) |
$9.00 per cassette |
| Additional Slides (up to 5 additional slides) |
$5.30 per cassette |
| Special Sectioning (Serial, Interval (step), Locating Specific Region, etc) |
$3.00 per cassette |
Paraffin Staining
| H&E (included with paraffin embedding and sectioning) | $1.50 per slide |
| Special Stains (Masson's trichrome, Periodic Acid Schiff, TRAP, Picro-sirius Red, etc) | $4.00 per slide |
| IHC / TUNEL (PI provides reagents) | $12.50 per slide |
MMA (Plastic)
| Plastic embedding - tubes (limited to mouse and rat long bones; cortical analysis only) |
$18.60 per specimen |
| Plastic embedding - vials (for larger specimens and all microtome sectioning) |
$35.00 per specimen |
| Plastic microtome sectioning (thin sections [4 um]; up to 5 slides) |
$40.00 per specimen |
| Additional slides (up to 5 additional slides) |
$10.00 |
| Plastic wire saw sectioning - tube, 3 slides (Cortical bone; includes grinding to appropriate thickness) |
$18.45 |
| Plastic wire saw sectioning - vial, 3 slides (thick sections; ~100 um) |
$30.00 |
MMA (Plastic) Staining
| H&E MMA (requires demineralization) |
$2.50 per slide |
| Special stains (Goldner's trichrome, von Kossa/MacNeal, TRAP, Toluidine Blue, etc) |
$4.00 per slide |
| en bloc (basic fuchsin) |
$4.00 per block |
Cryosectioning
| $5.00 per slide |
Other Services
| Standard histomorphometry (includes static and dynamic measurement of two sections) | $125.00 per block |
| Microdamage Analysis (includes measurement of damage on three sections) | $75.00 per block |
Miscellaneous
| Tissue cassettes (if not supplied) | $1.00 each |
| EDTA demineralization | $6.50 per specimen |
| Formic acid demineralization | $2.00 per specimen |
Members of the Indiana Center for Musculoskeletal Health
All Indiana Center for Musculoskeletal Health members receive a subsidy of 20% on each of the services listed above.
External users
Fees for external users are double the internal rates listed above.