UCCRC Core Facilities: Human Tissue Resource Center

Scientific Directors:  John Hart, MD and Mark Lingen, DDS, PhD

Technical Director:  Maria Tretiakova, MD, PhD

Location:  P-631 Albert Merritt Billings Hospital

Phone:  773-834-8419 (voice); 773-702-7644 (fax)

E-Mail:   mariat@mort.bsd.uchicago.edu

Web Site:   http://lcm.bad.uchicago.edu

Scientific Director: Thomas Krausz MD, FRC Path
Scientific Co-Director: Mark W. Lingen, DDS, PhD
Scientific Co-Director: John Hart, MD
Technical Director: Maria Tretiakova, MD, PhD

Website: http://pathcore.bsd.uchicago.edu

The mission of the HTRC is to provide cancer investigators with a centralized infrastructure to optimize the efficiency and costs related to research involving human biospecimens. The HTRC now comprises three integrated components:  Biospecimen Bank (BSB), Laser Capture Microdissection (LCM), and Pathology Image Analysis (PIA). Currently, the HTRC provides services for the collection of clinically-annotated human tissues, as well as blood, serum, plasma, and saliva for cancer-related research. In addition, the Core provides collaborative support and services for histopathology, LCM, tissue microarray preparation, and nucleic acid extraction. In this way, we provide a coordinated, centralized, and dedicated program for the procuring, processing, dispersing, and assessing all types of biospecimens.