IDDRC Core - Cellular Imaging

Services provided by the manager

Procedure

IDDRC users

Non-IDDRC (academic) users

Perfusion and dissection

$50/hour

$100/hour

Fixative preparation

$35/liter

$70/liter

Paraffin embedding

$10/block (small)

$15/block (big)

$25/block (small)

$35/block (big)

Paraffin & Frozen sectioning

$70/hour

$140/hour

Vibratome sectioning

$50/hour

$100/hour

EM embedding

$200 up to 10 blocks,

$350 for 10 to 30 blocks,

$500 more than 30 blocks

$400 up to 10 blocks,

$700 for 10 to 30 blocks,

$1000 more than 30 blocks

EM sectioning

$75/hour

$200/hour

H&E

$5/ up to 10 slides +$0.5/extra slide

$10/ up to 10 slides +$1.0/extra slide

Cresyl Violet

$8/slide

$16/slide

Luxol fast blue

$12 for first, $5.0 for subsequent slides

$16 for first, $8.0 for subsequent slides

Rapid Golgi

$20/slide

$40/slide

Golgi Cox

$50/brain

$100/brain

Imaging at EM

$50/hour

$100/hour

Use of Core equipment by investigator

Use of cryostat, vibratome, microtomes

$16/hour + additional $5/hour for blade

$40/hour + additional $10/hour for blade

Use of ultramicrotome

$25/hour + additional $25/hour for blade

$50/hour + additional $50/hour for blade

Use of blade sharpener

$30/blade

$50/blade

EQUIPMENT

IDDRC independent user

IDDRC assisted user

Non-IDDRC independent user

Non-IDDRC assisted user

LSM 510 Meta NLO Confocal

$40/hr

$60/hr

$60/hr

$80/hr

LSM 700 Confocal

$40/hr

$60/hr

$60/hr

$80/hr

UltraView Vox Spinning Disk Confocal

for sessions lasting 10-24 hrs

for sessions longer than 24 hrs

$20/hr

$10/hr

$5/hr

$40/hr

$30/hr

$15/hr

$7.50 /hr

$50/hr

Nikon 80i and Nikon E800

$5/hr

$8/hr

Array Tomography Imaging System

$6/hr

$9/hr

Neurolucida and Stereo Investigator Imaging Systems

$5/hr

$8/hr