Resources

A curated selection of resources for all things immunocytochemistry. We make every effort to keep these links up-to-date.  If you spot one that is broken, or if you've seen something else that you think would interest our members, why not contact us?

Local Networks and Governing Bodies Accreditation and Quality Assurance Suppliers Education and General Information

Local Networks and Governing Bodies

  • Institute of Biomedical Science
    • With over 21,000 members in 74 countries, the Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS) is the leading professional body for scientists, support staff and students in the field of biomedical science.
  • Scottish Pathology Network
    • The Scottish Pathology Network's main focus is delivering a national perspective on the development of cellular pathology services across Scotland.
  • Scottish Association for Histotechnology
    • The association strives to bring together all histologists throughout Scotland and provide a platform to meet, discuss all things histology and provide various talks about what is happening in the histology community.
  • Scottish Medicines Consortium
    • The national source of advice on the clinical- and cost-effectiveness of all new medicines for NHS Scotland.

Accreditation and Quality Assurance

  • UK NEQAS Immunocytochemistry & In-Situ Hybridisation
    • UK NEQAS ICC & ISH provides an international external quality assessment and technical advice/education service to laboratories throughout the world.
  • NordiQC
    • The aim of Nordic immunohistochemical Quality Control (NordiQC) is to promote the quality of immunohistochemistry and expand its clinical use by arranging schemes for immunohistochemical proficiency testing and providing examples of recommended protocols, tissue controls and other relevant information including descriptions of epitopes and technical protocol parameters.
  • GenQA
    • GenQA has one goal - to provide External Quality Assessments (EQAs) for the complete genomics service
  • United Kingdom Accreditation Service
    • UKAS is the National Accreditation Body for the United Kingdom; appointed by government, to assess and accredit organisations that provide services including certification, testing, inspection and calibration.

Suppliers

  • 2B Scientific
    • 2BScientific Ltd’s mission is to become the leading supplier of innovative life science reagents and services to the European research market in a way that supports life science through a number of corporate sustainability initiatives for a better world
  • Cell Marque
    • Cell Marque primary IHC antibodies, ancillary reagents, control slides, and other pathology products provide reliable, reproducible results in supporting accurate detection of cancers in clinical pathology.
  • Dako/Agilent
    • The Dako brand of high-quality diagnostic antibodies, reagents, instruments, software and expertise help hospitals and research labs around the world deliver accurate results to cancer patients.
  • Firefly Scientific
    • Firefly Scientific is a privately owned British company based in the North West of England, offering a wide range of products from some of the world's most prestigious manufacturers of diagnostics kits and Quality Control materials.
  • Generon
    • Generon markets quality products for research and in-vitro diagnostics (antibodies, recombinants, ELISA kits, RNAi, cDNA clones, probes, PCR/qPCR reagents...).
  • Launch Diagnostics
    • Launch Diagnostics is the largest independent distributor in the United Kingdom, providing pathology solutions encompassing high quality diagnostic reagents and instrumentation
  • Leica Biosystems
    • Leica Biosystems is a cancer diagnostics company and a global leader in workflow solutions. Only Leica Biosystems offers the most comprehensive portfolio that spans the entire workflow from biopsy to diagnosis.
  • Menarini Diagnostics
    • Menarini Diagnostics is committed to bringing innovative solutions in the In Vitro Diagnostics market and to the development of high-tech diagnostics systems and reagents to improve patients' quality of life, providing healthcare professionals with the best possible solutions for their diagnostics needs.
  • Roche/Ventana
    • Innovative pathology lab instruments, cytology and tissue-based clinical assays and software solutions that empower anatomical pathologists worldwide.

Education and General Information

  • Histonet Archives
    • The Histonet listserver is managed as a service to the field of Histology by John Shelton, using hardware and software owned by the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. In addition to John, the list is moderated by members of the UT Southwestern's Research Histo Pathology Core (Bret Evers MD PhD, Cameron Perry, Jessica Willams, Alex Daniel, and Diana Wigginton).
  • IHC World
    • IHC World, the premier resource for life scientists seeking comprehensive and up-to-date information about antibody, immunology, histology, histopathology, immunohistochemistry, image analysis, apoptosis and neuroscience, has become one of the most popular life science websites in the world.
  • Immunohistochemistry Vade Mecum
    • An index of immunohostochemical staining properties organised by antibody and tumour type, by Dr Paul Bishop.  Download a compiled .chm or .pdb file or browse the web version.
  • College of American Pathologists' Immunohistochemistry Topic Center
    • Providing Surveys and education regarding the state-of-the-art immunohistochemistry methods for diagnosis and prediction.
  • International society for IHC and Molecular Morphology
    • A forum for the discussion and exchange of new knowledge in diagnostic immunohistochemistry and molecular morphology, achieved through publication, including affiliation with the Journal of Applied Immunohistochemistry and Molecular Morphology and through the official publications of collaborating External QC organizations, by presentation of seminars, and by other various electronic methods.
  • The Pathologist
    • A publication that empowers those involved in disease diagnostics to speak up for themselves and their profession, The Pathologist provides a platform to discuss work, its advances and advantages, and the changing face of medicine and medical education. It presents content in a conversational tone that makes it accessible to laboratory medicine professionals in any specialty, at any stage of their careers, in order to help pathologists become leaders, and pathology become a central part of the healthcare revolution.
  • Pathology in Practice
    • The independent platform for news, articles and advice for professionals in laboratory medicine