Payment arrangements for Facility services must be established in advance. Typically, a single account is used for charging expenses from an entire lab group, generating monthly billing statements. Below are the rates effective September 1, 2007 (prior rates). The new multiphoton microscope has two service contracts, so we must charge a higher rate than other microscopes (effective July 1, 2009).
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Members |
Non-Members |
| Lab Membership in Facility (12 month commitment) |
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| Membership fee per lab (under one faculty PI) |
$120.00 |
/ mo |
n/a |
First 2 hours of unsupervised microscope use
by each member group for each month |
no charge |
not eligible |
| Basic network and image preparation training |
no charge |
not eligible |
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| Equipment use |
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Microscope (except multiphoton) use,
unsupervised (self-use) |
$25.00 |
/ hr |
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Multiphoton microscope use,
unsupervised (self-use) |
$40.00 |
/ hr |
not eligible |
| Supervised/assisted microscope use |
$115.00 |
/ hr |
$115.00 |
/ hr |
| Training (prepare for unsupervised self-use) |
$100.00 |
/ hr |
not eligible |
| Certification (allows unsupervised self-use) |
$25.00 |
/ 15 min |
not eligible |
Specimen preparatory equipment, unsupervised self-use
(supplies not included) |
$10.50 |
/ hr |
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| Computer workstation and image analysis (Volocity, IPLab, AIM, etc.) |
no charge |
$10.50 |
/ hr |
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| Projects/Services |
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Custom specimen preparation and imaging
("Projects" for any Facility user; lab supplies included) |
$115.00 |
/ hr |
$115.00 |
/ hr |
| Film processing and developing (additional $1.20 per negative) |
$115.00 |
/ hr |
$115.00 |
/ hr |
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| Penalties |
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| Oil left on lens |
$115.00 |
/ episode |
n/a |
"No-show" Penalty:
Missed or >30 min late for equipment reservation |
$57.50 |
/ episode |
n/a |
Excess reservation time not used
(Zeiss LSM 510-Meta Confocals only) |
$12.50 |
/ hour |
n/a |
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