Tissue and Data Acquisition and Analysis Core

About the Cancer Biorepository and Histopathology (CBHC) Shared Resource

The Cancer Biorepository and Histopathology (CBHC) Shared Resource maintains a repository of high-quality, patient-derived cancer specimens by using best practice collection methodologies, and provides histopathological services to researchers at VCU. The Resource assists Massey members by acquiring fresh-frozen tissue specimens of various cancer types to meet research needs at VCU, as well as fresh tissue for the development of patient-derived xenografts (PDX). The CBHC plans to begin collecting matched blood specimens for each fresh-frozen tissue sample enrolled in the biorepository in late 2025. Additionally, the CBHC actively partners with Massey’s Systems Development and Data Analytics team, and the Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research, to provide researchers with robust clinical annotations for repository specimens. The Resource offers standard histology services, such as tissue grossing, processing, and embedding, develops tissue microarrays (TMAs), and provides automated immunohistochemistry, hyperplex immunofluorescence, and hyperplex in-situ hybridization. Quantitative pathology services such as imaging and analysis are also available.

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Acknowledge the Tissue and Data Acquisition and Analysis Core

All publications that include results, services or products generated by the VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center Tissue and Data Acquisition and Analysis Shared Resources must include the following acknowledgement in the manuscript:

"Services in support of the research project were generated by the VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center Tissue and Data Acquisition and Analysis Shared Resource, supported, in part, with funding from NIH-NCI Cancer Center Support Grant P30 CA016059."

PubMed Central (PMC) ID numbers are required for those publications that use CCSG-supported shared resources, including Biostatistics, Flow Cytometry, Lipidomics & Metabolomics, Microscopy, Tissue & Data Acquisition and Analysis and Transgenic/Knockout Mouse.

Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation

This Shared Resource is jointly supported by VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation.