TISSUE CULTURE AND HYBRIDOMA MODULE

为了应对VSRC研究人员在过去一年中不断变化的需求，包括增加了两名在该领域拥有大型项目的资深教员，Palczewski博士和温塞尔博士，组织培养功能从组织学中分离出来，现在已扩展到包括杂交瘤功能。因此，组织培养和杂交瘤(TCH)模块与上一个资助期相比发生了变化，因为组织学现在是通过显微镜和成像进行管理的， 自2006年8月以来，我们已经招募了一名联席经理来管理杂交瘤设施。这一修订的模块格式旨在为VSRC研究人员提供设施和专家技术援助：1)培养和繁殖已建立的和新的眼组织细胞系；以及2)开发针对蛋白质和其他 与眼部疾病相关的抗原。

In response to changing needs of VSRC investigators over the past year, including the addition of two senior faculty members with large programs in this area, Drs. Palczewski and Wensel, the Tissue Culture function was separated from Histology, and has now expanded to include a Hybridoma function. The Tissue Culture and Hybridoma (TCH) Module thus changed from the previous funding period in that Histology is now administratively with Microscopy and Imaging, and we have recruited a Co-Manager to run the Hybridoma facility since August 2006. This revised Module format is designed to provide VSRC investigators with facilities and expert technical assistance for: 1) culture and propagation of established and new cell lines of ocular tissues; and 2) development of monoclonal antibodies to proteins and other antigens of relevance to ocular disease.