NaSPro integrates advanced technology platforms in relation to spatial profiling of complex tissues across four sites, namely University of Limerick (UL), University College Dublin (UCD), the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) and Technological University Dublin (TU Dublin). Awarded €2.25 Million in funding from Science Foundation Ireland under its 2021 Research Infrastructure Programme, the NaSPro technology platform is particularly useful for assessing tissues which have been stored for many years in histopathology laboratories, by providing new ways of exploring these tissues at a single cell level. It is also particularly useful in biomedical research projects which involve trying to understand why certain tissues are different than others, e.g. normal from cancer tissues, or drug-treated from control.

The NaSPro Platform provides a unique Ireland-wide capability in the integrated spatial profiling of complex tissues and 3D cellular/biological constructs.

The platform is accessible to all researchers across Ireland.

Platforms and Points of Contact

DEPArray Plus, Leica Bond RXm, Ion Torrent Sequencer
University of Limerick
Prof. Paul Murray Email: Paul.Murray@ul.ie

Vectra Polaris and Proxima and Next Seq 2000 Sequencing System
University College Dublin
Prof. William Gallagher Email: william.gallagher@ucd.ie

Cell Dive Spatial Proteomics, Leica Bond RXm with Robotics and HALO
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Prof. Jochen Prehn Email: JPrehn@rcsi.ie

Spero-QT-340 QCL-FTIR Imaging Spectrometer
Technological University Dublin
Dr. Aidan Meade Email: aidan.meade@tudublin.ie