Multi-Scale Imaging Facility Fee Structure
Customers from outside Æ»¹ûÒùÔº or affiliated institutions should note that, depending on the type of contract signed with Æ»¹ûÒùÔº, Æ»¹ûÒùÔº Financial Services might bill you an over-head of up to 40% in addition to QST and GST.
Corporate users should musif-ecp3 [at] mcgill.ca (contact) the Facility for an estimate/quote.
INSTRUMENT |
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McGILL and ECP3 |
ACADEMIC | |
Axio ImagerZ1 epi-fluorescence and Apotome |
10 | 15 |
Confocal and Spinning disk-TIRF* Microscopes |
20 | 30 |
Hitachi TM-1000 scanning electron microscope |
20 | 30 |
Microwave oven Pelco Biowave |
10 | 15 |
Nikon inverted microscope with epi- fluorescence |
10 | 15 |
Zeiss SteREO Discovery V.8 |
10 | 15 |
Ultramicrotome* |
5 | 7 |
Imaris Software |
5 | 7 |
CT Scanner – Canon Aquilion Prime SP* |
70 | 90 |
Cryo-fixation / freeze substitution* (Liquid nitrogen not included) |
20 | 30 |
Critical point drying |
10 | 15 |
Coating for SEM (Au/Pd/C) |
10 | 15 |
Instruments marked with an * cannot be used without the constant presence of a Facility staff member, unless a written exception has been provided by the Facility Manager. The technical assistance required will be billed on top of the hourly rate. For an estimate of the costs, please contact a Facility staff member.
Technical assistance will be billed on top of the above-listed prices, as follows:
Æ»¹ûÒùÔº users and UdeS ECP3: $50/hour
Academic: $60/hour
The technical assistance includes, but is not limited to, help provided with experimental design, execution of experiments, partial or complete image/data analysis and interpretation, proof reading of grant proposals and publications related to imaging.
Note:Â The prices apply for the current fiscal year and will be revised without prior notice for subsequent fiscal years. The prices will be automatically updated on the Facility website.