University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI)

CCSG Acknowledgement

Required CCSG Acknowledgement

The NCI requires that publications acknowledge the UPCI CCSG support, and they are tracking compliance. If a UPCI CCSG-supported Shared Facility provided data used in your publication, please include the following statement in the acknowledgment section of your publication(s):

"This project used the UPCI [insert name(s) of shared facility(ies)] that [is/are] supported in part by award P30CA047904."

Shared Facility Directors: Please make sure to include this statement on all of your order forms, contracts, etc. as a reminder to your users to acknowledge the UPCI CCSG support.


Overview

Tissue and Research Pathology Services (TARPS) provides central support for UPCI research programs needing tissue materials from patients seen at UPMC. The main objectives of TARPS are:

  1. to provide a mechanism to simplify and streamline the process of research tissue accrual and disbursement, and
  2. to provide efficient research pathology support services.

Services provided by TARPS include:

Tissue Procurement Honest Broker Research Histology Tissue Microarray