Division of Molecular Pathology
Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory
Laboratory tests/services include:
- Bone marrow engraftment assays
- Next generation sequencing (NGS) panels for solid tumors and hematologic malignancies
- Microsatellite instability testing
- Quantitative BCR/ABL RT-PCR
- Translocation assays for leukemias and soft tissue tumors
- IGH and TCR rearrangement for B-cell and T-cell clonality
- SNP array for 1p19q deletion and monosomy 6
- Molar pregnancy genotyping
- AR-V7 testing for advanced or castration-resistant prostate cancer
- Telomere length measurement by flow cytometry and FISH
Lab Staff
- Directors: Drs. Ming-Tseh Lin, James Eshleman, Christopher Gocke, Gang Zheng, and Rena Xian
- Telomere Length Assay: Drs. Mary Armanios and Jonathan Alder
- Manager: Katie Beierl
- Clinical Specialists (Assay Development): Lisa Haley, Stacy Riel, and Liqun Jiang
- Lead Technologist: Emily Adams and Kirstin Smith
- Bioinformatics Specialist: Aparna Pallavajjalla
- Technologists: Ruth Shane, Chrisley Pickens, Suping Chen, Henderson Fryer, Rachel Mercado, Marie Amiel, Trisha James, Lena Washington, and Marija Debeljak
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