Brief description of the institute
1. Department of Pathology
- Laboratories:
a) Laboratory of Histopathology
b) Laboratory of Cytology
c) Laboratory of Immunohistochemistry and Immunocytochemistry
d) Laboratory of In situ hybridisation
e) Laboratory of computed image analysis
2. Depatment of Genetics
- Laboratories
a) Laboratory of genetic studies in cancer
b) Laboratory of genetic studies in infectious pathology
- Research fields already approached:
a) accurate quantification of DNA&RNA molecules
b) sequence scanning by high-resolution melting analysis
c) apid allelic discrimination using TaqMan probes
Technique used: Real-time polymerase chain reaction using Corbett Rotor-Gene 6000 HRM
- Research fields already approached (for both departments):
a) Study of tumoral and nontumoral pathology of male and female genital systems
b) Study of gastrointestinal tract tumors
c) Study of soft tissue tumors
d) Study of tumoral stroma
e) Study of ageing process
f) Study of intracerebral vasculature in intracerebral haemorrhage