Histology Core Facility

The Histology Core Facility (Histo CF) at the University Hospital Bonn offers basic histological services, like paraffin embedding, sectioning, staining and immunohistochemistry as well as the processing of cryosamples.

Services

Getting started

Costs

Publications

Contact / Sample submission

Do you have any questions?

FAQ

Answers to frequently asked questions about the PPMS booking system, the billing of core facility services and much more can be found in our FAQ section on Confluence.

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Consulting

Are you interested in our services? Please get in touch with the relevant contact person or send us an e-mail: histolabor.derma@ukbonn.de

Acknowledgement

You would like to publish your results but do not know how to take the support of the Core Facility into account? Here you will find detailed instructions.

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Needful Links

Online-Scheduling

Order form

Bonn Technology Campus

Registration

internal research funding

BTC-Cloud

24.051

sectioned slides (in 2025)

9.771

stainings (in 2025)

10.063

processed samples (in 2025)

News from the Core Facility / Science news

Launch of the Histology Core Facility

The Histo CF offers basic histological services such as paraffin embedding, sectioning, histological and immunohistological staining, as well as processing of cryosamples. It not only offers standard services, but also individual requirements are possible. If you are interested, feel free to contact the Core Managers. The services are primarily aimed at researchers at the UKB and the University of Bonn. Researchers from outside these institutions can use the service after contacting the facility in advance. Further information is available on the homepage: https://www.medfak.uni-bonn.de/en/research/infrastructure/histology/home

The Core Facilities at the University of Bonn have a lot to offer

The University of Bonn is continuously expanding its research infrastructure – thereby creating the foundation for the success of its researchers. Under the umbrella of the Bonn Technology Campus (BTC), 14 core facilities are now available for university-wide use, combining cutting-edge technologies, specialized expertise, and comprehensive services. They provide all researchers at the university with access to instruments and methods that would often be inaccessible or difficult to obtain for individual research groups. In doing so, the University of Excellence creates the conditions necessary to put research ideas into practice at the highest level.

Publications

2026

follows

Histoplatform (until 2025)

Ossendorff, Robert, Sarah Kurth, Su Wang, Max Jaenisch, Elio Assaf, Sebastian Scheidt, Kristian Welle, Christof Burger, Dieter C. Wirtz, Andreas C. Strauss, and et al. 2025. "Comparison of Concentration- and Homology-Dependent Effects of the Proinflammatory Cytokine Interleukin-1β (IL-1β) in a Bovine Chondrocyte Inflammation Model" Cells 14, no. 1: 30. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells14010030
Hübner, M.P., de Coninck, D., Lenz, B. et al. The role of the IL-9‒NLRP3 axis in insulin resistance and adipose tissue inflammation during diet-induced obesity. Cell Mol Immunol 22, 1478–1490 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41423-025-01340-4
Karl R, Ashraf APK, Viola MF, Hopp K, Mass E, Wachten D. Renal tissue-resident macrophages promote cystogenesis in early polycystic kidney disease. J Cell Sci. 2025 Oct 15;138(20):jcs263992. doi: 10.1242/jcs.263992. Epub 2025 Aug 26. PMID: 40814262; PMCID: PMC12450461
Sieckmann, K., Winnerling, N., Silva Ribeiro, D.J. et al. BBS8-dependent ciliary Hedgehog signaling governs cell fate in the white adipose tissue. EMBO J 44, 5315–5336 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44318-025-00524-y
Chantal Wientjens, Maria Doverman, Jelena Zurkovic, Tushar More, Jayagopi Surendar, Svetozar Nesic, Carola Sarici, Timon D. Utecht, Johanna Pohl, Jonathan Pollock, David Voehringer, Karsten Hiller, Christoph Thiele, Christoph Wilhelm. Tolerance to ferroptosis facilitates lipid metabolism and pathogenic type 2 immunity in allergic airway inflammation,
Immunity, ISSN 1074-7613 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.immuni.2025.11.018