Musculoskeletal Histology Core
Core Focus: Histology of undecalcified and decalcified musculoskeletal tissues, routine and special stains, automated immunohistochemistry and automated in situ hybridization
The Musculoskeletal Histology Core allows biologists, clinicians, engineers, and tissue engineers access to histological services focused on musculoskeletal tissues, access to automated instrumentation, and academic support in all aspects of histology. This core complements existing soft tissue histology resources at LRI/CCF and uses expertise currently within the center for analysis of soft and mineralized musculoskeletal tissues (undecalcified sections, plastic embedding, mineral deposition rates, clinical studies of calcium metabolism, bone healing, implant integration, etc.)
Location: CCFMCC Histology is conducted in two locations:
1) The Orthopaedic Soft Tissue Histology Laboratory is under the supervision of Suneel Apte, MBBS, D. Phil, and is located in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, on the third floor (ND3-018) of the ND building.
Contact Information:
Phone: (216) 445-3290
Fax: (216) 444-9198
Amanda Allamong,
Email: allamoa@ccf.org
2) The Orthopaedic Pathology and Biomaterials Laboratory for hard tissue analysis is under the supervision of Thomas W. Bauer, MD, PhD, and is located in the Department of Anatomic Pathology, on the third floor (L3-125) of the L building.
Contact Information:
Phone: (216) 444-0166
Fax: (216) 445-6967
Email: mahovld@ccf.org
To request service: Complete the Request for Service Form and submit to core administrator or fax it to numbers above and work will be completed accordingly. You will be contacted by the CCFMCC administrator periodically requesting information regarding publications, presentations, grant funding and/or product development related to the work done at CCFMCC. You must acknowledge the grant funding the core in your publications as follows: The Cleveland Clinic Musculoskeletal Core Center is funded in part by NIAMS Core Center Grant #1P30 AR-050953