{"id":2530,"date":"2026-11-02T15:11:55","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T15:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/bioimaging\/?p=2530"},"modified":"2026-11-03T09:39:48","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T09:39:48","slug":"equipment-new-leica-automated-histology-staining-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/bioimaging\/equipment-new-leica-automated-histology-staining-machine\/","title":{"rendered":"CORE EQUIPMENT: New Leica Automated Histology Staining Machine for the Bioimaging Hub."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2537\" style=\"width: 2493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/bioimaging\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/492\/2026\/11\/1793631683839-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2537\" class=\"wp-image-2537 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/bioimaging\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/492\/2026\/11\/1793631683839-scaled-e1793632141264.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2483\" height=\"1822\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/bioimaging\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/492\/2026\/11\/1793631683839-scaled-e1793632141264.jpg 2483w, https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/bioimaging\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/492\/2026\/11\/1793631683839-scaled-e1793632141264-1536x1127.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/bioimaging\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/492\/2026\/11\/1793631683839-scaled-e1793632141264-2048x1503.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/bioimaging\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/492\/2026\/11\/1793631683839-scaled-e1793632141264-624x458.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2483px) 100vw, 2483px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2537\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Above: The new Leica Histocore Chromax ST automated staining purchased through generous Medr (HERC) support.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Bioimaging Hub&#8217;s histology labs have recently installed a new <a href=\"http:\/\/leicabiosystems.com\/en-gb\/histology-equipment\/he-slide-stainers-special-stainers-coverslippers\/histocore-chromax-workstation\/\">Leica Histocore Chromax ST automated histology staining machine<\/a>\u00a0 through generous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medr.cymru\/en\/\">Medr<\/a> (HERC) funding (\u00a330k; lead applicant Dr Tony Hayes). The equipment will allow consistent, trouble-free automated staining of histological slide samples, optimised reagent usage and efficient reliable operation, enabling histology staff to focus on other demanding and time consuming activities such as\u00a0 sample embedding and sectioning.<\/p>\n<p>For further information, please contact Marc Isaacs.<\/p>\n<p>AJH 2.11.2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bioimaging Hub&#8217;s histology labs have recently installed a new Leica Histocore Chromax ST automated histology staining machine\u00a0 through generous Medr (HERC) funding (\u00a330k; lead applicant Dr Tony Hayes). The equipment will allow consistent, trouble-free automated staining of histological slide samples, optimised reagent usage and efficient reliable operation, enabling histology staff to focus on other [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":908,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[36,34,35],"class_list":["post-2530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-equipment","tag-histology","tag-leica-histocore-chromax-st","tag-staining-machine"],"meta_box":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/bioimaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/bioimaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/bioimaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/bioimaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/908"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/bioimaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2530"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/bioimaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2530\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2567,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/bioimaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2530\/revisions\/2567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/bioimaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/bioimaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/bioimaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}