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About

Oncology Tissue Services, SKCCC

Overview of Services

  

 

The Johns Hopkins University Oncology Tissue and Imaging Service (OTIS) Core Laboratory offers a wide variety of services including:

           Histology

  • Customer service hours 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM Monday through Friday
  • OTS-HistologyCore <OTS-HistologyCore@jh.edu> email your histology questions.
  • Fill in the form, submit the form and bring the samples to the lab. The OTS Histology Lab will accept the project in iLabs only after the specimens and paperwork have been received.

         Customized Immunohistochemisty

       Slide Scanning 

  • Brightfield
  • Fluorescence slide scanning trial phase for "2 X 3" slides
  • Free image analysis tools 

         TMA Design and Construction  

      •  Secure database access and storage

  FOR PUBLICATIONS: ***Please acknowledge the funding source of the Cancer Center Core: Grant number, P30 CA006973, in ALL publications.*** 

 

Leadership

Alan Meeker, Ph.D., M.A.T.
OTIS Director and Associate Professor of Pathology
(410) 502-3398 ameeker1@jhmi.edu

Fred Bunz, M.D., Ph.D.
Co-Director 
(410) 502-7941 fredbunz@jhmi.edu

Robert Anders, M.D., Ph.D.
Co-Director
(410) 955-3511 rander54@jhmi.edu

Alex Baras, M.D., Ph.D.
Co-Director
(410) 955-5893 baras@jhmi.edu

 

Location and hours of operation

Customer Service    Locations
  • Customer Service  and Sample Submission hours: 10:00 am to 1:00 pm (Weekdays) 
  • Lab Consultations by appointment only.
  • Completed projects are placed in the bins outside the lab and can be picked up from 08:00am to 05:00pm (Weekdays)
  • All transactions requiring assistance from OTIS staff should be done 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM (Weekdays) 

411 North Caroline Street

Bond Street/Annex Building

Basement, B305

Baltimore, MD, 21231

 

Links and Resources

  1. Oncology Tissue and Imaging Services – at Johns Hopkins (jhu.edu)

Contacts

Name Role Phone Email Location
Alan Meeker
Core Director: Histology, IHC, TMA
 
410-502-3398
 
ameeker1@jhmi.edu
 
Caroline St Basement B305
 
Miklhail James
Laboratory Manager
 
410-614-1660
 
mjames49@jhmi.edu
 
Caroline St Basement B 310
 
Sarah Hughes
IHC Specialist, Spatial transcriptomics
 
443-287-7710
 
snorthr2@jhmi.edu
 
Caroline St Basement B305
 
Wanda Stirling
Clinical Lab Coordinator and Surgical Pathology Block Registrar
 
410-502-3358
 
wstirling@jhmi.edu
 
Caroline St Basement B305
 
Bonnie Gambichler
Research Specialist and Histology Consultant
 
410-502-3358
 
bgambic1@jhmi.edu
 
Caroline St Basement B 305
 
Kristen Lecksell
Flourescent and 2 X3 Slide Scanning
 
401-502-7452
 
kleckse@jhmi.edu
 
Caroline St Basement B319
 
Andre Robinson
Frozen Sectioning Request (Animal Tissue Only) Please email arobin38@jhmi.edu once request is submitted.
 
410-502-3358
 
arobin38@jhmi.edu
 
Caroline St Basement B317
 
Andre Robinson
TMA Construction and Design
 
410-614-1660
 
arobin38@jhmi.edu
 
Caroline St Basement B305
 
Andre Robinson
Bright Field Slide Scanning
 
410-502-3358
 
arobin38@jhmi.edu
 
Caroline St Basement B305
 
General Histology Questions
Please use our email address for service inquiries
 
Email preferred
 
OTS-HistologyCore <OTS-HistologyCore@jh.edu>
 
Caroline St Basement B305
 

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