Tissue Acquisition and Cellular/Molecular Analysis Shared Service

 

The Tissue Acquisition and Cellular/Molecular Analysis Shared Service (TACMASS) retains some of the functions of the previous Molecular and Cellular Pathology Shared Service but now focuses on molecular analysis and acquisition of human tissue.  The objective of the service is to provide collection, preservation and management of human tissues and body fluids in a cost-effective manner to investigators at the Arizona Cancer Center.  In addition to collecting tissues, it offers services for laser capture microdissection, RNA, DNA and protein isolation from human tissue samples.  It also offers automated immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization, a service previously provided by the Molecular and Cellular Pathology Shared Service.  The service creates and manufactures tissue microarrays for investigators at the Arizona Cancer Center.  It also maintains a computer web-based tissue database, which is managed and updated in conjunction with the Bioinformatics Shared Service.  This database incorporates 8,500 human specimens previously snap- frozen at this institution. 

Service Directors:  Raymond Nagle, M.D., Ph.D., Achyut Bhattacharyya, M.D. and Mark Nelson, Ph.D.

 

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