Histology Service
About the service
The Histology laboratory in the Department of Comparative Medicine will prepare animal tissues for microscopic examination. This includes tissue fixation, embedding, generation of frozen section, slide preparation and/or hematoxylin and eosin or special stains; unstained sections for immunohistochemistry can also be provided.
Manager: Michael Schadt, HT (ASCP), 203-785-2582
Histotechnologist: AJ Nugent, 203-785-2582
Available to Yale researchers & external researchers
Order form
Internal users, please go to LSOG 109 and fill out the in-person triplicate submission form, or email us. External users, please email us. Effective 12/1/25, All submissions will be made through the PPMS system.
Getting started
Please review our recommended Fixation Protocols and then contact us to discuss your histology needs and the appropriate /optimal fixative for your project before submitting samples.
We accept fixed tissues, cassettes or blocks and can provide fixatives if you wish to perform these steps yourself.
External customers: For services on whole animals, tissues, or histopathologic interpretation, please contact Dr. Carmen Booth to discuss your needs before submitting samples.
Rates
Mouse Research Pathology Support is the only USP at the Yale School of Medicine providing pathologic phenotyping by comparative veterinary pathologists. In addition to gross and histologic evaluation of animal models, we also provide a variety of high-quality histology services tailored to individual projects.
Rates effective 1/1/25.
| Services | Unit | Yale research investigator | External research investigator |
|---|---|---|---|
| C&T technical time | per hour | $79.50 | $119.72 |
| M&P technical time | per hour | $79.00 | $115.00 |
| Pathologist | per hour | $140.00 | $204.50 |
| Necropsy: Research: Rodent (supplies only), for research animals only | per necropsy | $5.00 | $116.00 |
| Histology: Tissue processing only | per sample | $10.00 | $0 |
| Histology: Tissue processing and embedding | per sample | $12.25 | $35.00 |
| Histology: Tissue processing, embedding, sectioning, 1st H&E Slide | per sample | $21.00 | $65.50 |
| Histology: Cut unstained section from block (1-2 sections on one slide) | per slide | $3.50 | $14.75 |
| Histology: H&E slide | per slide | $5.25 | $69.00 |
| Histology: Special stains, non-silver stain only; no sectioning | per slide | $11.75 | $45.00 |
| Histology: Silver stain only; no sectioning | per slide | $21.00 | $83.00 |
| Histology: Frozen sectioning | per section | $21.00 | $400.00 |
| Microbiology: Aerobic culture, including Pseudomonas screening culture, urine cultures, cecal screening culture | per sample | $88.00 | $0 |
| Microbiology: Anaerobic culture | per sample | $130.00 | $0 |
| Microbiology: Antibiotic sensitivity -- group 1 | per sample | $84.00 | $0 |
| Microbiology: Antibiotic sensitivity -- group 2 | per sample | $84.00 | $0 |
| Microbiology: Blood culture | per sample | $145.00 | $0 |
| Microbiology: Diff Quik stain | per sample | $34.00 | $0 |