For organ donation and issues of donor suitability, contact:
1-866-731-6585
We are available 24/7.
We will refer to appropriate contact.
For other inquiries, please contact:
(352) 273-9297
nPOD@pathology.ufl.edu
If you are an approved nPOD investigator and would like to request slideand/or tissue samples, please fill out the nPOD Service Request Form.
If you have any questions regarding nPOD tissue samples, please contact the organ procurement and pathology core at npod@pathology.ufl.edu.
For help filling out the service request form, click on this image:
These services are provided by the Organ Procurement and Pathology Core (OPPC).
nPOD provides tissue recovery services for pancreata and related tissues from autoantibody positive donors and donors with type 1 diabetes. Tissue from donors who do not have type 1 diabetes is also recovered to provide critical controls for the autoantibody positive and type 1 diabetes samples.
Collected tissues are:
Samples are recovered into UW solution and transported to the organ procurement and pathology core via tissue donor courier services.
Upon receipt, tissues are dissected for:
In addition:
All Institutional and Federal requirements for human tissue banking are current.
nPOD relies on its partnership with the Molecular Pathology and Immunology Core at the University of Florida to provide its services to affiliated investigators.