Histology, tissue morphology and microscopy

Assistance in project planning and experimental set-up based on scientific question
Evaluation of samples, photodocumentation, and report writing

Undecalcified bone histology with or without implants (eg, metal, calcium phosphates, polymers)
Sectioning of resin embedded samples with specialty equipment
Contact radiography
Decalcification of tissues
Paraffin embedding and sectioning
Cryosectioning
Immunohistochemistry (with protocol planning)
Routine to special stains (for resin and non-resin embedded samples)

Brightfield light microscopy for sections with or without implants
Epifluorescent microscopy for fluorochrome labelled sections (eg, bone labels, marked antibodies)
Macrophotography for overview images of larger samples
Confocal laser microscopy for optical sectioning
Scanning electron microscope equipped with Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy (EDX or EDS)
White light profilometry for surface characterization (eg, roughness values)
Quantitative analysis (eg, lengths, areas, numbers) on histological samples

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