Scheduling & Rates
The Biophotonics Center Core Facility recharges researchers for beam time on microscopes and sample preparation services. Peak time denotes Monday – Friday 9am – 5pm, off peak is any other time and all day on the weekends.
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Users who do not cancel equipment reservations within 24hrs. notice will be charged a fee of 40% of originally scheduled time. Please contact bpho@salk.edu with any extenuating circumstances.
For general BPHO Core issues including invoicing, billing or consultations, please email bpho@salk.edu.
Rates effective as of 09/01/23:
| Light Microscopy (per hour) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Instrument | External Non-profit (peak) | External Non-profit (off-peak) | External For-profit (peak) | External For-profit (off-peak) |
| Airyscan | $76 | $44 | $285 | $164 |
| Z1 Lightsheet± | $76 | $44 | $285 | $164 |
| ELYRA | $76 | $44 | $285 | $164 |
| Oxford Nanoimager | $74 | $42 | $278 | $157 |
| LSM 710 | $53 | $32 | $200 | $121 |
| Spinning Disk | $53 | $32 | $200 | $121 |
| FV1000 Two-Photon | $74 | $42 | $278 | $157 |
| FV3000 | $76 | $44 | $285 | $164 |
| Nikon TIRF | $53 | $32 | $200 | $121 |
| Laser Capture | $76 | $44 | $285 | $164 |
| StereoLumar V12 | $32 | $21 | $121 | $78 |
| Slide Scanner | $32 | $32 | $121 | $121 |
| BX43 Optical Microscope | $34 | $17 | $128 | $64 |
| Image Analysis Workstations | $17 | $10 | $64 | $36 |
| Advanced light microscopy training±± and assisted imaging or analysis sessions (per hour) | ||||
| $158 | $591 | |||
| Sample Preparation (per sample) | ||||
| Tissue Clearing or Expansion | please inquire | |||
| Standard TEM/SEM | please inquire | |||
| Advanced EM (immuno, VEM, etc.) | please inquire | |||
| Electron Microscopy (per hour) | ||||
| TEM / EF-TEM | please inquire | |||
| SEM / eSEM | please inquire | |||
± Lightsheet has an additional minimum 1-hour assisted imaging session fee
±± Trainings are a minimum of 2 hours