Equipment usage and service rates
Below you will find a listing of our microscopy imaging equipment. If you have any questions regarding our equipment or want to discuss your intended experiment and sample, contact us.
Researchers using our facility can take advantage of full-service support (all work carried out by our technicians) or may be trained to use the equipment themselves. Please note: all equipment has a 1 hour minimum booking time.
Electron Microscopy (TEM)
Academic Rates (CSM/UCVM) | Academic Rates (Other faculties and universities) | Industrial Rates
Academic Rates
Cummings School of Medicine and VetMed
| Specimen Preparation (Fixation to embedding and Microtomy) | Each specimen: $75.00 | Ultramicrotome machine time: $50.00/hr | Ultramicrotome Technician time: $75.00/hr | Grids: $8.00/piece | ||
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| Hitachi TEM | Machine time: $75.00/hr | Technician time (if required): $75.00/hr | ||||
| Tecnai TEM (Regular Imaging and Tomography) | Machine Time: $95.00/hr | Technician time (if required): $75/hr | Tomographic Reconstruction: $150.00/Tomogram | Cu Grids: $8.00/piece | Au Grids: $20.00/piece | |
| Negative staining-TEM | Glow discharge: $30.00/run | Technician time for sample preparation: $75.00/hr | ||||
| Cryo – EM | Vitribot-Sample Preparation: $65.00/sample | Cryo-EM Technician time: $85.00/hr | Tomographic Reconstruction: $150.00/Tomogram | Single Particle Analysis: $150.00/analysis | Cu Grids: $8.00/piece | Au Grids: $20.00/piece |
| Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) | Machine time: $60.00/hr | Technician time (if required): $65.00/hr | Sputter coater: $60.00/run | |||
| Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) | Machine time: $75.00/hr | Technician time (if required): $75.00/hr |
Academic Rates
Other Faculties and Universities
| Specimen Preparation (Fixation to embedding and Microtomy) | Each specimen: $75.00 | Ultramicrotome machine time: $60.00/hr | Ultramicrotome Technician time: $75.00/hr | Grids: $8.00/piece | ||
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| Hitachi TEM | Machine time: $80.00/hr | Technician time (if required): $75.00/hr | ||||
| Tecnai TEM (Regular Imaging and Tomography) | Machine Time: $150.00/hr | Technician time (if required): $90/hr | Tomographic Reconstruction: $150.00/Tomogram | Cu Grids: $8.00/piece | Au Grids: $20.00/piece | |
| Negative staining-TEM | Glow discharge: $50.00/run | Technician time for sample preparation: $90.00/hr | ||||
| Cryo – EM | Vitribot-Sample Preparation: $75.00/sample | Cryo-EM Technician time: $90.00/hr | Tomographic Reconstruction: $170.00/Tomogram | Single Particle Analysis: $150.00/analysis | Cu Grids: $8.00/piece | Au Grids: $20.00/piece |
| Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) | Machine time: $70.00/hr | Technician time (if required): $65.00/hr | Sputter coater: $60.00/run | |||
| Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) | Machine time: $80.00/hr | Technician time (if required): $75.00/hr |
Industrial Rates
| Specimen Preparation (Fixation to embedding and Microtomy) | Each specimen: $150.00 | Ultramicrotome machine time: $50.00 | Ultramicrotome Technician time: $90.00 | Grids: $10.00/piece | ||
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| Hitachi TEM | Machine time: $130.00/hr | Technician time (if required): $90.00/hr | ||||
| Tecnai TEM (Regular Imaging and Tomography) | Machine Time: $220.00/hr | Technician time (if required): $130.00/hr | Tomographic Reconstruction: $250.00/Tomogram | Cu Grids: $10.00/piece | Au Grids: $30.00/piece | |
| Negative staining-TEM | Glow discharge: $500.00/run | Technician time for sample preparation: $95.00/hr | ||||
| Cryo – EM | Vitribot-Sample Preparation: $130.00/sample | Cryo-EM Technician time: $95.00/hr | Tomographic Reconstruction: $250.00/Tomogram | Single Particle Analysis: $250.00/analysis | Cu Grids: $10.00/piece | Au Grids: $30.00/piece |
| Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) | Machine time: $100.00/hr | Technician time (if required): $75.00/hr | Sputter coater: $90.00/run | |||
| Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) | Machine time: $130.00/hr | Technician time (if required): $90.00/hr |