Microscopy Core Rates
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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. You must also 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. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, only 1 person per training session is allowed. 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 |
Members |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gatan 3View Serial Block Face Secitoning EM |
$36 |
$72 |
$56.70 |
$26 |
| Technical charges for Gatan |
$300 |
$600 |
$472.50 |
$300 |
| OMX Super Resolution Microscope |
$36 |
$72 |
$56.70 |
$26 |
| Confocal Microscopes |
$36 |
$72 |
$56.70 |
$26 |
| Zeiss Z.1 Light Sheet Microscope | $36 | $72 | $56.70 | $26 |
| DeltaVision Deconvolution Microscope |
$28 |
$56 |
$44.10 |
$22 |
|
Slide Scanners Olympus/Hamamatsu |
$28 |
$56 |
$44.10 |
$22 |
| Keyence Widefield Microscope |
$28 |
$56 |
$44.10 |
$22 |
| Olympus MVX10 MacroView Stereoscope |
$18 |
$36 |
$28.35 |
$15 |
| Computer Software |
$18 |
$36 |
$28.35 |
$15 |
| Technical Assistance |
$50 |
$100 |
$78.75 |
$50 |
| Instrument Training |
$220 |
$440 |
$346.50 |
$220 |
| Nanozoomer or Keyence Training |
$110
flat rate
|
$220 | $173.25
flat rate
|
$110
flat rate
|
Overhead: All Non-UC San Diego Users are charged an overhead for any and all services, reflected in posted prices
Core Member Discounts will be honored until November 30, 2021.
- Core Members: Core Grant Members are Center for Network Medicine Members
- OMX System: Core Grant Members for the OMX system are those who participated in our Stimulus Grant.
Microscopy - After Hours and Weekends
After Hours (5:00 p.m. – 9:00 a.m., Monday – Friday) & Weekends:
- Members, UCSD Users and Academic Non-UCSD Users: 45% discount after hours
- Corporate / For-Profit: 25% discount after hours
Exception: No after hours special pricing for Applied Precision OMX and TIRFM, software 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 |
Members |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLARITY - 1 Tissue |
$100 |
$200 |
$150 |
$100 |
| CLARITY - Each Additional Tissue |
$50 |
$100 |
$78.75 |
$50 |
|
Serial Block Face Embed/Stain |
$700 | $1400 | $1102.50 | $700 |
|
Histology Hourly Charge |
$52 |
$104 |
$81.90 |
$52 |
All publications generated utilizing our resources must cite our grant:
NINDS P30NS047101