{"id":32,"date":"2026-06-26T14:33:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T13:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/life-health-chemical-sciences\/?page_id=32"},"modified":"2026-09-22T11:34:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T10:34:31","slug":"tissue-processing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/life-health-and-chemical-sciences\/study\/our-facilities\/tissue-processing\/","title":{"rendered":"Tissue Processing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What this lab helps me to achieve<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>prepare tissues and cells for microscopic examination<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>fix cells and tissues<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>embed tissues in parafin wax<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>cut 5 micron thick sections<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>mount on microscope slides<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>stain slides with histological stains<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>cut frozen sections on a cryostat for immunocytochemical studies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>concentrate cells on a microscope slide using a cytospin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who can use it<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>all trained\u00a0STEM students, academics, visiting researchers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What instruments are there<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>cryo-stat<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>tissue processor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>paraffin embedding machine<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>staining stations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>microtomes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>rotary microtomes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>vibratomes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>cytospin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where is the lab located<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Venables C Wing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who is responsible for this lab<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"mailto:brett.keith@open.ac.uk?subject=analytical%20lab%20enquiry\">Brett Keith<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"mailto:george.bryant@open.ac.uk?subject=analytical%20lab%20enquiry\">George Bryant<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Visit the interactive histology lab and learn more:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/learn5.open.ac.uk\/course\/format\/sciencelab\/section.php?name=animalphys_sxhl288_15j\">interactive histology lab<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What this lab helps me to achieve Who can use it What instruments are there Where is the lab located Who is responsible for this lab Visit the interactive histology lab and learn more: interactive histology lab<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"parent":9,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_unity_review_frequency":"","_unity_review_next_due":0,"_unity_review_reset_requested":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-32","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/life-health-and-chemical-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/life-health-and-chemical-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/life-health-and-chemical-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/life-health-and-chemical-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/life-health-and-chemical-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/life-health-and-chemical-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33,"href":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/life-health-and-chemical-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32\/revisions\/33"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/life-health-and-chemical-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/life-health-and-chemical-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}