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).
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Members |
Non-Members |
| Facility Membership (12 month commitment) |
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| For new and renewed memberships effective 9/1/2007. |
$120.00 |
/ mo |
n/a |
| For renewed memberships effective prior to 9/1/2007. |
$115.00 |
/ 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 use, unsupervised (self-use) |
$25.00 |
/ 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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