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User Fees Internal - 2024

 

EQUIPMENT

TYPE

NON-ASSISTED

(per hour)

OPERATOR ASSISTED

(per hour)

TRAINING#

(per person)

EQUIPMENT

TYPE

NON-ASSISTED

(per hour)

OPERATOR ASSISTED

(per hour)

TRAINING#

(per person)

TEM - Jeol, Hitachi

Transmission Electron Microscope

$48.00

$108.5

$240.00 / 120 mins

Leica UC6

Ultramicrotome

 

 

 

Leica UC7/FC7

Cryo-Ultramicrotome

$39.90

$100.40

 $240.00 / 120 mins

HHV BT150

Carbon Coater

$12.70

 $73.20

 $120.00 / 60 mins

FEI Vitrobot

Plunge Freezing Device

$48.00

 $108.50

 $240.00 / 120 mins



**Prepaid subscription (valid for 12 months) is for multiple researchers within the same project to access selected equipment and no consumables, training or service charges included

#Retraining is required if the user hasn't used the instrument >12 months. 50% discount will apply for all retraining sessions.



SERVICES

DESCRIPTION

CHARGE

SERVICES

DESCRIPTION

CHARGE

Equipment Training

 

$60.5 per hour

Project Support

Consultation (free of charge for the first hour)

$60.5 per hour



Experimental design

$60.5 per hour



Protocol testing

$60.5 per hour



Image analysis

$60.5 per hour

Technique

Manual process aldehyde fixed cells/tissues (max 6 samples / six blocks per sample) to epoxy resin

$172



Manual process aldehyde fixed cells / tissue (max 6 samples / 6 blocks per sample) to acrylic resin

$172



Fix and process one sample / 4 blocks aldehyde fixed cells / tissue for Tokuyasu technique

$114.70



On-section immunogold labelling using Leica IGL 

$143.40

Urgent service&

Within working hours

+50% to the normal charge



After hours during working days

+100% to the normal charge



Weekend/public holidays

+200% to the normal charge

Others

Other assisted services

$60.5 per hour

& Subject to staff availability

Note : These costs are for assisted processing only and do not include microscope time and consumable cost

SERVICE PACKAGES*

DESCRIPTION

CHARGE

SERVICE PACKAGES*

DESCRIPTION

CHARGE

TEM Morphology

Tissue (4 blocks)

$902



Cell monolayers (4 blocks)

$1,009.10



Negative stain (4 grids)

$412.90



Cryo TEM (4 grids)

$1,399.20



Electron tomography

$1,632

Immuno EM

Frozen sections - 2 Immuno EM runs

$1,848.70



Resin sections - 2 Immuno EM runs

$2,019.60

CLEM

CLEM Frozen sections -2 Immuno EM runs

$1,975.40



CLEM Resin sections - 2 Immuno EM runs

$2,213

SEM Morphology Processing

SBFSEM Processing (no microscopy)

$315.70



Array Tomography Sample Processing (no microscopy)

$780.60



*Service packages include a 10% discount for standard workflow including sample preparation, sectioning and digital image acquisition.

 Additional requirements may be charged differently including extra microscopy time.

Consumables

DESCRIPTION

CHARGE

Consumables

DESCRIPTION

CHARGE

Processing

 

 

Manual Process - Epoxy resin

Cells/tissues (max 6 samples/6 blocks per sample) to epoxy resin

$22

Auto Process - Epoxy resin

Auto process (up to 16 samples/6 blocks per sample) aldehyde fixed cells/ tissues to epoxy resin

$51

Manual Process - Acrylic resin

Cells/tissues (max 6 samples/6 blocks per sample) to acrylic resin

$18

Tokuyasu Technique fix and process

Fix and process 1 sample/4 blocks (aldehyde fixed cells/tissues for Tokuyasu technique

$16

Process cell monolayers on thermanox

Process cell monolayers on thermanox by modified FS/LT embedding for immunolabelling (max 16)

$81

Process for SEM

 

$15

Process for Serial Block Face SEM

 

$61

Process cell monolayers on sapphire discs - FS

 

$121

On section immuno gold labelling

On section immunogold labelling using Leica IGL (researcher supplies primary antibody)

$39

Freeze HPF cell monolayers

 

$51

Sapphires

 

 

Sapphire discs 1.4mm

 

$7

Sapphire discs 3mm

 

$6

Sapphire discs 6mm

 

$12

Sapphire discs 3mm gridded

 

$21

Miscellaneous

 

 

MatTek gridded dishes

 

$9

MatTek glass bottom culture plates

 

$21

Nunc glass base dish 12mm

 

$15

Silicon wafer type P 4 inch diameter

 

$94

Superfrost slide box

 

$6

Mounting cylinders

 

$1

Grid boxes

Numbered grid box (100 grids)

$28

Negative stain

 

$6

Formvar coating

 

$6

 

 

 

Conventional Grids*

Product Number

Vial Price

Grid Price

Product Number

Vial Price

Grid Price

GCU200TBH

$71

$0.71

G200HEX-N3

$47

$0.47

GNi200TBH

$80

$0.80

G300HH-C3

$70.40

$0.7

G400HEX-C3

$36

$0.36

GCu400tbh

$55

$0.55

GCu400

$48

$0.48

Coated Grids*

Product Number

Pack 50/Price

Grid Price

 

Product Number

Pack 50/Price

Grid Price

 

EMSFCF100H-CU-SB

$160

$3.20

 

EMSFCF100-Cu-TB

$130

$2.60

 

GSNI100C-50

$196

$3.92

 

EMSFCFTH200-NI-50

$211

$4.22

 

EMSFCF200F1-NI-SB

$200

$4

 

GSCU200C-50

$123

$2.46

 

GSCU300CC-50

$174

$3.48

 

GSCU300C-50

$123

$2.46

 

EMSCF400H-CU-50

$124

$2.48

 

EMSFCF2010-NI-SB

$197

$3.94

 

 

Finder Grids*

Product Number

Vial Price

Grid Price

Product Number

Vial Price

Grid Price

G200F1-C3

$60.90

$0.60

GNi200F1

$58

$0.58

G200F1-N3

$93.50

$0.93

 

Slot Grids*

Product Number

Vial Price

Grid Price

Product Number

Vial Price

Grid Price

GCU2M3MX1M

$48

$0.48

GS2/3X1-C3

$48.30

$0.48

GS2/3X1-CP3

$62

$0.62

GS2/3x1-N3

$67.20

$0.67

GS2x0.5-CP3

$58.80

$0.58

GS2x1-C3

$42.20

$0.42

GS2x1-N3

$66.20

$0.66

GS2x1-CP3

$58.80

$0.58

*grids are only available through the EM facility if we have them in stock.

 

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