# Histology

> **NIH NIH P20** · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA · 2020 · $177,861

## Abstract

Summary: The objective of the Histology Core Facility at the University of North Dakota School of 
Medicine and Health Sciences, is to provide high quality instrumentation, sample preparation and training 
in a wide spectrum of fundamental and advanced histological techniques to COBRE research 
investigators. The Histology Core Facility will be located in the first level of the new UND SMHS Building 
adjacent to the established Imaging Core which consists of the multiphoton, confocal, intravital imaging, 
fluorescent, TIRF and electron microscopy suites. The Histology facility will be critical to the completion of 
the proposed scientific projects from the five junior investigators. Furthermore, the Histology core will 
allow junior investigators to access the equipment and technical expertise to prepare samples for a wide 
variety of high resolution imaging techniques. The Core Director and technical staff will provide all project 
investigators and their students/staff assistance in experimental design, sample preparations for specific 
types of morphological analyses, and selection of the appropriate levels of imaging resolution. 
Additionally, the core will provide investigators and their trainees with comprehensive training in a wide 
variety of sample preparation techniques and analysis across a spectrum of tissue-specific applications. 
To maximize the impact of the NIH investment in biomedical research within North Dakota, the Histology 
Core Facility will provide access and support to other investigators, within the UND SMHS UND 
researchers who are not part of the medical school, and researchers from other North Dakota universities 
such as North Dakota State University, tribal colleges through INBRE, and other research institutions such 
as USDA-Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center; however, a fee-for-service approach will be 
applied to investigators outside this COBRE, and these fees will help to sustain this center.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9924568
- **Project number:** 5P20GM113123-05
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA
- **Principal Investigator:** Colin K Combs
- **Activity code:** P20 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $177,861
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → 2021-08-04

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9924568

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9924568, Histology (5P20GM113123-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-11 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9924568. Licensed CC0.

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