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Microscopy Core Rates

 

Microscopy & Histology Rates

All labs and companies must properly cite our grant: NINDS P30 NS047101.

You must be affiliated with an established laboratory or For-profit corporation for access to our resources. No residential addresses will be accepted as a laboratory. No personal checks are acceptable for payment. You must provide a current approved BUA and/or animal protocol. 

If you wish to do any live cell imaging in the core, you must have approval by submitting a BUA authorization form to core staff along with a copy of your BUA report listing the proposed research material.

Microscopy - Business Hours

Business Hours:
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Monday – Friday

Rates: All prices are per hour unless otherwise specified. 

Training Fees: A training fee is charged for each instrument. Training fees include all on demand follow up Technical Assistance during business hours. There is no training charge for software or the Olympus MVX10 MacroView system.

Microscope Resource

(Business Hours)

 UC San Diego Users  Corporate/
For-Profit		 Non-UC San Diego /
Non-Profit
Gatan 3View Serial Block Face Secitoning EM

$36

 $72

$56.70
Technical charges for Gatan

$300
flat rate

 $600

$472.50
flat rate
Confocal Microscopes 

$36

 $72

$56.70
Zeiss Elyra 7 Lattice SIM $36 $72 $56.70
Zeiss Z.1 Light Sheet Microscope $36 $72 $56.70

Slide Scanners

Olympus/Hamamatsu

$28

 $56

$44.10
Keyence Widefield Microscope

$28

 $56

$44.10
Olympus MVX10 MacroView Stereoscope

$18

 $36

$28.35
Computer Software

$18

 $36

$28.35
Technical Assistance

$50

 $100

$78.75
Instrument Training

$220
flat rate

 $440

$346.50
flat rate
Slide Scanner or Keyence Training
$110
flat rate
 $220 $173.25
flat rate

 Overhead: All Non-UC San Diego Users are charged an overhead for any and all services, reflected in posted prices

Microscopy - After Hours and Weekends

After Hours (5:00 p.m. – 9:00 a.m.,  Monday – Friday) & Weekends:

  • UCSD Users and Academic Non-UCSD Users: 40% discount after hours
  • Corporate / For-Profit: 20% discount after hours

Exception: No after hours special pricing for Software, Olympus MVX10 and Gatan 3View system.

Histology

Histology services include CLARITY tissue processing, sample prep for serial block face sectioning and array tomography.

Histology Resource UC San Diego Users Corporate/
For-Profit		 Non-UC San Diego/
Non-Profit
CLARITY - 1 Tissue

$100

 $200

$150
CLARITY - Each Additional Tissue

$50

 $100

$78.75

Serial Block Face Embed/Stain

 $700 $1400 $1102.50

Histology Hourly Charge

$52

 $104

$81.90

Citations

All publications generated utilizing our resources must cite our grant:

NINDS P30NS047101

If the Elyra 7 Lattice SIM Instrument was utilized, please cite our S10 grant:

S10OD030505