MDACC ORION

To all ORION Core Users: The ORION core lab currently open per institutional guidelines.
Sample submission, including fresh tumor biopsies, is only allowed via MDACC Courier Services or shipping to our facility. Please don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions regarding this process.  Thank you for your patience and support! 

Overview of Services

The purpose of our core is to provide state-of-the-art immunoprofiling services to MDACC investigators as well as local investigators. Our services range from single service instrument use to entire project design and analysis. Researchers and Investigators will need to provide the samples for analysis. Samples can be stored short-term prior to assessment.

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Services:

• Clinical trial immune monitoring
• Custom panel design for assays
• Guidance on language and funding for grant applications
• Data analysis
• Single assay instrument use 

Equipment and Technology:

• Luminex 200 (assisted only)
  
• MSD QuickPlex SQ120 (assisted and unassisted)
  
• CTL ELISPOT analyzer - Immunospot S6 MICRO (assisted and unassisted)
  
• Flow Cytometry of up to 18 colors (assisted only) 
• Cell Sorting (assisted only)

Leadership

Cara Haymaker, Ph.D. | Director | (713) 792-1458 | chaymaker@mdanderson.org 

Location and hours of operation

Links and Resources 

ORION Website

• Our website contains additional information: ORION Core Facility Website

Luminex

Kit Vendors:

• Invitrogen ProcartaPlex Immunoassays
• ProcartaPlex Analyst Software (free download, Windows or Mac)

Sales representative: Abraham La Montagne | abraham.lamontagne@thermofisher.com

• Bio-Rad Bio-Plex Assay Builder

Sales representative: Christof Straub | christof_straub@bio-rad.com

• Millipore Milliplex Analyte Finder or Design Your Own Kit

Sales representative: Fabiana Morales | fabiana.morales@milliporesigma.com

Templates and SOPs:

• Luminex_PlateLayout_Template
• Cell Culture Supernatant Preparation for Luminex Soluble Factor Analysis

MSD:

Kit Vendor:

• Meso Scale Discovery
• Assay/Analyte List
• Custom Assay Designer
• Discovery Workbench Analysis Software (free download, Windows only)

Sales representative: Romesh Draviam | RDraviam@meso-scale.com

Templates and SOPs:

• MSD_PlateLayout_Template
• MSD QuickPlex SQ 120 QuickStartGuide

ELISPOT Kit Vendors:

• CTL ImmunoSpot
• Mabtech

CCSG Shared Resource Cores:

• Tissue Biospecimen & Pathology Resource (ITB)
• Research Histology Core Laboratory

Longitudinal Patient Collections for Clinical Trials:

• APOLLO Research Platform

MDACC Courier Services:

• Courier Services for MD Anderson Employees : Biological specimens - request STAT delivery to have samples delivered within 1 hour of pick-up, Hours of operation are Monday through Friday, 7 a.m-4 p.m.

  Phone: 713-792-7491
  Email: Courier@mdanderson.org

•  Please ship all samples to: 2SCR2.3219

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