Fees/Services
The Facility is operated on a cost recovery basis. Users are charged according to the fee structure below that has been approved by the Multi-User Facilities Committee (MFC). Effective April 2010, the fees are as follows:
Onsite (CCI) Users:
Confocals/2-photon |
Unassisted |
$16.50/hr |
|
Assisted |
$49.50/hr |
Digital Microscopes |
Unassisted |
$10.00/hr |
|
Assisted |
$35.00/hr |
PALM system: |
Unassisted |
$16.50/hr |
|
Assisted |
$49.50/hr |
Offsite Users:
Confocal/2-Photon |
Unassisted |
$30.00/hr |
|
Assisted |
$60.00/hr |
Digital Microscopes |
Unassisted |
$10.00/hr |
|
Assisted |
$40.00/hr |
PALM system |
Unassisted |
$30.00/hr |
|
Assisted |
$60.00/hr
|
Outside Users (Industry/Private Sector):
Confocal/2-photon/TEM |
Unassisted |
$90.00/hr |
Confocal/2-photon/TEM
|
Assisted |
$140.00/hr |
Computer/software usage (Only applicable to offsite users who do not use the facility instruments):
Metamorph/Imaris |
$15.00/hr |
Transmission Electro Microscope (TEM related charges)
TEM beam charge (user operated) |
$50/hr |
TEM sample preparation |
$20/sample |
Ultra microtome (with glass or user supplied diamond knife) |
$10/hr |
High pressure freezer |
$100/day + $10/sample |
Cryo substitution unit |
$25/day |
Cryo microtome |
$100/sample |
Immunogold staining |
$100/sample |
Cryo Immuno EM |
$200/sample |
thin sectioning |
$25/block |
thick sectioning |
$10/block |
Technologist hourly charge
Onsite users: |
$33/hr |
Offsite users: |
$45/hr
|
When a small research project is undertaken by a user, a lump sum amount rather than an hourly charge may be charged instead with the approval of the Facility Manager and the Committee. This fee is for the technologist’s time on specialized equipment for doing micro-injections, image processing, etc and is conditional on the availability of the technologist.
Policy regarding collaboration of offsite users with Department of Oncology researchers: In the situation where an offsite user is carrying out an experiment for an onsite user, a written notice must be given to Dr. Sun prior to the start of the experiment. Otherwise, both the onsite and offsite user are responsible for the charge if any disagreement arises. Likewise, it is the collaborators’ responsibility to divide the charge for their bill. In the written notice, the following information must be specified:
- A brief description of the project.
- Explicit description for how the charges will be divided between labs.
- Amount of confocal time needed for the project.
- Starting and ending dates of the project.
- The name(s) of the person(s) who will be using the confocal microscope.
- Signatures of both onsite and offsite collaborators.