Bone Biomechanics, Histology and Imaging Core

Overview of Services

Local Institutional support and a COBRE award have allowed the creation of the CMDR (Center for Musculoskeletal Disease Research) and the reorganization of pre-existing facilities into a new, improved, and centralized Core to serve the needs of the investigators working on musculoskeletal diseases at UAMS. The core is staffed by experienced personnel and operates under the leadership of Dr. Roy Morello.

Services and Instrumentation

  • Imaging (Faxitron UltraFocus with Dexa, 2 Scanco microCT 40)
  • Biomechanics (2 Electroforce 5500, 2 MTS machines)
  • Histology (2 microtomes for methyl-methacrylate sectioning, 2 for paraffin, 1 cryostat, 2 embedding machines, 2 vacuum ovens, various histology staining)
  • Bone Histomorphometry training (Zeiss Axioimager M2 Motorized Upright Microscope equipped with motorized stage, and fitted with Olympus camera, large monitor and Osteometrics software system)

 

Leadership

Jinhu Xiong | Assistant Professor
JXIONG@uams.edu

Elena Ambrogini | Associate Professor
EAmbrogini@uams.edu

 

Location and hours of operation

Hours  Location

Monday - Friday: 8am-5pm

 4301 W. Markham St.
 Little Rock, AR 72205

Links and Resources

Technical Cores

https://cmdr.uams.edu/cores/technical-cores/

Survey

https://forms.office.com/r/PrwgLkhQmm

 

Terms & Conditions

 UAMS CUSTOMER TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR RESEARCH CORE FACILITIES SERVICES.

Contacts

Name Role Phone Email Location
Stuart Berryhill
Imaging and biomechanics
 
501-686-6294
 
BerryhillStuartB@uams.edu
 

 
Wu, Hong
Tissue histology
 
501-686-6294
 
HWu2@uams.edu
 

 
Jinhu Xiong
Co-Director
 

 
JXIONG@uams.edu
 

 
Brandi McDonald
Histology and Imaging
 

 
bmcdonald2@uams.edu