Hourly rates and fees for FY 22-23
These rates will take effect on April 1, 2023.
Microscope | Assisted | Unassisted — Peak Hours | Unassisted — Off-peak Hours |
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All laser-scanning confocals (except Zeiss LSM 710) | $115/hour | $50/hour | $30/hour |
Zeiss LSM 710 | $104/hour | $39/hour | $23.40/hour |
Yokogawa spinning disk confocal | $104/hour | $39/hour | $23.40/hour |
VT-iSIM & Crest spinning disk confocal | $112/hour | $47/hour | $28.20/hour |
Zeiss Lightsheet Z.1 | $112/hour | $47/hour | $28.20/hour |
Zeiss Observer 7 Widefield | $90/hour | $25/hour | $25/hour |
EVOS FL Auto 2 | $84/hour | $19hour | $19/hour |
Leica Widefield |
$78.50/hour | $13.50/hour | $13.50/hour |
Peak hours are from 8 am - 8 pm Monday - Friday.
Cancellation Policy: Users may cancel their own reservations up to 2 hours prior to the scheduled start time. If you need to cancel after that, email or call Andrea or Jasmine as soon as possible.
Training: See this page for details on training procedures and fees for our various light microscopes.
Special rate: For sessions longer than 12 hours in duration, the first 12 hours will be charged at the regular rate (peak or off/peak); additional hours are charged at a 50% discounted rate.
Non-academic, external customers (excluding CHOP and Wistar researchers) are subject to an additional 63% surcharge on top of the above rates.
Service | Description | Fee |
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Standard Sample Preparation | Fix, dehydrate, chemical dry, mount on stubs, Au-Pd sputter-coat, per 6 samples | $392 |
Assisted Imaging | Image acquisition on FEI Quanta 250 in EMRL | $121/hour |
Unassisted Imaging | For trained users only; 60% discount for off-peak hours | $56/hour |
Non-standard sample preparation not covered by the above description is charged according to the staff time required, at our staff time rate of $65/hour.
Contact Yuri Veklich for advice on sample preparation or to arrange for sample preparation services
Note: Non-academic, external customers (excluding CHOP and Wistar researchers) are subject to an additional 63% surcharge on top of the above rates.
To pay for service maintenance fees and technical support, we charge users $9.00/hour to use our Imaris or Huygens workstations. Time on a workstation may be reserved using the Microscopy Core Scheduler. Unlike our microscopes, we use activity-monitoring software called Calpendo to monitor *actual* workstation usage. This software also controls access to Imaris, Huygens, and MATLAB so users require a Calpendo login AND an active Microscopy Core Scheduler account to use these computers.