WHY USE PHENOPATH RESEARCH SERVICES?

PhenoPath Laboratories is a national reference laboratory specializing in immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization services. PhenoPath Laboratories was founded in 1997 by Dr. Allen M. Gown, a pathologist-scientist who is one of the world's leading experts in the diagnostic and research applications of immunohistochemistry. During the last two decades, Dr. Gown has developed numerous clinically important monoclonal antibodies that are utilized in daily IHC practice. Examples include antibodies to melanoma antigen (HMB45), high molecular weight cytokeratin (34ßE12), low molecular weight cytokeratin (35ßH11), muscle actin (HHF35), and broadly reactive cytokeratin (OSCAR). Formerly Professor of Pathology and Director of the Immunohistochemistry Laboratory at the University of Washington, Dr. Gown is currently adjunct Clinical Professor of Pathology at the University of British Columbia, Affiliate Investigator in the Clinical Research Division of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, Adjunct Professor of Pathology at the MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, and Visiting Clinical Professor of Pathology at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.

PhenoPath Laboratories works with investigators in academic, biotechnology, and pharmaceutical communities, using the techniques of immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization to help characterize new monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies and probes, using state-of-the-art techniques.

These services embrace all aspects of tissue and slide-based methodologies, and can be performed on cultured cells, cryostat sections, or tissue sections cut from fixed, paraffin embedded tissue blocks, including tissue microarrays. A customized approach to each particular project minimizes time and costs involved and each research project gets the individualized attention it deserves.