Director:
Leah J. Hennings, DVM
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology
UAMS, Biomed II, Room 608-2
Slot 845
Phone: (501) 526-7624

Chief Technician:
Jennifer D. James, HT/ASCP
Cancer Institute, Room 429
4301 W. Markham St., Slot 725
Little Rock, AR 72205
Phone: (501) 686-8265
 
The Experimental Pathology Shared Resource Laboratory is a non-profit laboratory that provides Cancer Institute investigators with centralized, comprehensive histological services. The laboratory currently works with over 60 investigators. By providing a centralized laboratory, we offer convenient access to all services within one facility, save costs for investigators and the institution, increase efficiency of sample processing, eliminate duplication of services and equipment, and maintain stringent quality control standards. The laboratory director, consultants, and technicians have extensive experience in routine histology and immunohistochemistry involving both human and animal tissues.
Services provided by the Experimental Pathology Shared Resource Lab include:

• Processing and embedding of tissues
• Frozen and paraffin-embedded tissue sections
• Routine hematoxylin/eosin staining
• A wide range of special histochemical stains
• Immunohistochemistry
• Sectioning of tissues for molecular studies and laser capture dissection
• Veterinary pathology
• Necropsy
• Histopathology
• Technical consultations and protocol development
• Aperio Digital Slide Scanning and Image Analysis

 You can find our fee schedule and Work Order/IDT on line. Please contact Leah Hennings for more information.

Consultants:
Laura W. Lamps, MD
Martin Hauer-Jensen, MD, PhD