WHRI Skidmore Goodman Research Wet Laboratory
About the lab
The WHRI Skidmore Goodman Lab is dedicated to foundational women’s health research, with the generous support of the Skidmore Goodman family, BC Women’s Hospital Foundation, the Women’s Health Research Institute, and BC Women’s Hospital. The lab offers WHRI investigators on the BC Children’s and Women’s hospital campus the opportunity to request pilot experiments to be done by lab staff in order to produce preliminary data that will promote new discoveries to benefit the health of women.
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For all general requests and inquires, please email whriwetlab@cw.bc.ca
All WHRI investigators who would like the WHRI Skidmore Goodman Lab staff to perform pilot experiments are required to submit a Protocol Proposal Form to obtain approval. The form requires a description of the project, detailed protocol, project funding information and ethics approval status. Please click the “submit” button to send your completed form.
The WHRI Skidmore Goodman Lab staff meets regularly to review submitted Protocol Proposal Forms. As part of the application process a budget needs to be created. All WHRI investigators will need to provide funding for materials/reagents to do the experiments, as well as funding for the WHRI Skidmore Goodman Lab staff labour costs. Approved proposals will receive an email for further consultation about budgeting. Please read the Investigator Request Policy prior to submitting.
The lab currently offers the following equipment:
- Bench space for sample preparation
- Fume hood
- Real-Time PCR
- Multimode Plate Reader
- ChemiDoc Imaging System
- Refrigerated centrifuge
- Nikon Eclipse Ni-E Microscope
- Tissue culture room with biological safety cabinet (Type II)
- Temporary cold room storage
Immunohistochemistry (brown pigment) targets the pro-inflammatory cytokine, interleukin-1β, in human endometriosis tissue.
Contact Us
For all general requests:
Phone: 604-875-2424 ext. 5724
Email: whriwetlab@cw.bc.ca
Address:
BC Women’s Hospital + Health Centre
1R.35-4500 Oak Street,
Vancouver, BC V6H 3N1
To reach the lab’s Principal Investigator:
Faculty Name: Paul Yong, MD, PhD, FRCSC
Email: PYong@cw.bc.ca
Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of British Columbia
Assistant Director, Women’s Health Research Institute
2024
Sreya M, Tucker DR, Yi J, Alotaibi FT, Lee AF, Noga H, Yong PJ.
Biomolecules. 2024 May 15;14(5):583. doi: 10.3390/biom14050583.
PMID: 38785989
Somatic PTEN and ARID1A loss and endometriosis disease burden: a longitudinal study.
Tucker DR, Lee AF, Orr NL, Alotaibi FT, Noga HL, Williams C, Allaire C, Bedaiwy MA, Huntsman DG, Köbel M, Anglesio MS, Yong PJ.Hum Reprod. 2024 Dec 19:deae269. doi: 10.1093/humrep/deae269. Online ahead of print.
PMID: 39701665
2023
Standardized protocol for quantification of nerve bundle density as a biomarker for endometriosis
Zoet G, Tucker DR, Orr NL, Alotaibi FT, Liu YD, Noga H, Köbel M, Yong PJ.
Front Reprod Health. 2023 Nov 30;5:1297986. doi: 10.3389/frph.2023.1297986.
PMID: 38098984
Investigators must acknowledge the WHRI Skidmore-Goodman Research Laboratory in presentations and publications.