Introduction

The Cytogenetics Platform facilitates the knowledge and performance of techniques, analysis, interpretation and advice in the specialty of cytogenetics, karyotyping and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), in different types of biological and medical tissue samples and cell lines. Due to the similarity of the used techniques, the Cytogenetics Platform works jointly with the Microarrays Platform. The Unit is certified by the ISO 9001 standard for cytogenetic diagnosis.

Services

List of updated services.

• Karyotype of cell lines

• Blood karyotype

• Bone marrow karyotype

• Karyotype of different tissues

• FISH from commercial probe (technique and interpretation, acquired by the platform)

• FISH from commercial probe (technique and interpretation, acquired by the client)

• Advice on karyotyping and/or FISH techniques

• Use of the “Metafer Slide Scanning Platform with Slide Feeder x 80” equipment Use of the software “Ikaros” (chromosome analyser) and “Isis” (FISH capturer).

Rates 2023