CyTOF Core Service Details

Data Acquisition:

Please complete the CyTOF sample run request form and email it to Takuya Ohtani (takuya@pennmedicine.upenn.edu), before submitting samples. Takuya will give you access to the scheduling calendar. Takuya will also give you instructions on how to prepare and submit samples. Data will be acquired by a dedicated operator and uploaded to the Flow Core Server and Pennbox.

Distribution of CyTOF Reagents:

CyTOF core distributes reagents in a small size for users' convenience.

For questions regarding the CyTOF service center, please contact Dr. Takuya Ohtani (takuya@pennmedicine.upenn.edu)

User Rates

As of September 1, 2022, the Institute for Immunology will charge for the following services at the rates listed below:  

Internal Users:

  • Sample Acquisition Penn Users: $225 per hour

  • Basic Data analysis/Figure preparation: $100 per hour

  • Enhanced Data analytics: $125 per hour

  • Reagent Distribution: $40 per hour

External Academic Users:

  • Sample Acquisition: $268 per hour

  • Basic Data analysis/Figure preparation: $132 per hour

  • Enhanced Data analytics: $165 per hour

  • Reagent Distribution: $50 per hour

External For Profit:

  • Sample Acquisition: $372 per hour

  • Basic Data analysis/Figure preparation: $165 per hour

  • Enhanced Data analytics: $185 per hour

  • Reagent Distribution: $66 per hour

Billing

For billing, please send the contact information of your Business Administrator to Mr. Sabir Copeland (sabir.copeland@pennmedicine.upenn.edu), so that we may contact them directly to discuss how payment will be received (ie-budget account number from PSOM users or a check from VA/CHOP users).