Capabilities/Services

Welcome to the Phenomics Australia Histopathology and Slide Scanning Service website

Supported by Phenomics Australia

The Phenomics Australia Histopathology & Slide Scanning Service provides necropsy and histopathology services to all biomedical researchers across Australia for evaluating or phenotyping modified, treated, experimental or genetically engineered mice at all developmental stages.

A team of experienced medical, veterinary pathologists and mouse pathobiologists determine whether morphological changes or pathology identified are strain-related, age-related, incidental or a true diversion from normal. The mouse strains are therefore validated and utilised as models of human disease.

The Histopathology and Digital Slide Service is based at the Department of Anatomy and Physiology at the University of Melbourne and is supported by the Federal Government through the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) initiative and by the University of Melbourne.

Our standardised procedures are designed to provide a thorough, first-line approach to assessing the entire animal or organs of interest.

Evaluations

  • Professional commentary from medical and veterinary pathologists and mouse pathobiologists
  • Necropsy and full-body histopathology (rodent)
  • Semi-quantitative analysis-Tissue Scoring
  • Mouse neonates and embryos
  • Blood and bone marrow smears
  • Terminal blood analysis

Request service here (iLab)

Imaging

  • High-quality, high-speed brightfield slide scanning (slide digitization)
  • Macroscopic/microscopic image documents accompanying all Histopathology reports
  • Secure online access to all digitized images and histopathology reports

The Histopathology and Digital Slide Service provides a secure interface where users can login and interrogate their case files, reports and images.

To view your images access slides.

Tissue Scoring and Grading

Through experience and careful collaboration with our pathologists and researchers, our service has developed standardised protocols to enable a semi-quantitative approach to evaluate the effects of treatments. These protocols are unique to each tissue and can be project specific.

Data Curation

Secure online access to large format, interrogable histological images created utilising state-of-the-art image acquisition systems.

Access SlideCenter here

The Platform is a fee-for-service operation, open to all not-for-profit and corporate requests.

Staff are always available to assist.

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