| Central Microscopy Facility Fees | ||||||||
| Effective 1/1/2004 (Until Further Notice) - For Umass Clients | ||||||||
| Description | unit | cost | ||||||
| Optiphot Fluorescence Microscope Use | hr | $3.75 | ||||||
| Spot/ Nikon E600 system | hr | $7.50 | ||||||
| Zeiss 510 Meta Confocal Usage | hr | $17.50 | ||||||
| MRC-600 Confocal microscope usage | hr | $7.50 | ||||||
| SEM samples; fixation kit | ea | $15.00 | ||||||
| Critical point dry | ea | $15.00 | ||||||
| Sputter coater runs | ea | $15.00 | ||||||
| SEM stubs prepared | ea | $1.00 | ||||||
| SEM usage, beam time | hr | $22.50 | ||||||
| Thermal (video) prints | ea | $0.25 | ||||||
| TEM samples; fixation kit | ea | $15.00 | ||||||
| TEM usage | hr | $22.50 | ||||||
| TEM film | ea | $1.50 | ||||||
| Sectioning (Staff time) (+ grid cost) | hr | $20.00 | ||||||
| Grids are "at cost" ; many materials, styles, supports. | ||||||||
| Negative Stain preparations: >> time and materials | ||||||||
| Freeze-Fracture/Freeze-Etch | run | $31.25 | Each "run" is a pump-fracture-shadow-replicate cycle. | |||||
| Low temp substitution (Osmium extra) | run | $30.00 | ||||||
| Plunge freezing (propane, etc.) | run | $30.00 | ||||||
| Low-Temperature UV polymerization | run | $15.00 | ||||||
| Cryo-fee (for all activities using LN2) | ea | $30.25 | This is a "per day" fee to cover tanks, and LN2 used in sample handling. | |||||
| Carbon evaporator runs | ea | $18.75 | ||||||
| Platinum shadowing/evaporator runs | ea | $18.75 | ||||||
| Liquid Nitrogen, bulk users (>30 liters/qtr.) | liter | $0.65 | ||||||
| Liquid Nitrogen, small draw, 4 liter min | liter | $1.00 | ||||||
| Codonics color prints (8.5x11) | ea | $3.75 | ||||||
| Codonics B&W prints (8.5x11) | ea | $3.00 | ||||||
| Coodonics Transparencies (8.5x11) | ea | $4.25 | ||||||
| CD-R disks, w/paper sleeve, blank | ea | $1.50 | ||||||
| CD storage: paper sleeves w/window | per 10 | $1.50 | ||||||
| Shell vials (1 dram or 3 dram) | ea | $0.28 | ||||||
| SEM specimen stub boxes | ea | $4.00 | ||||||
| Grid boxes (Pelco, blue) | ea | $4.00 | ||||||
| BEEM flat embedding molds | ea | $7.50 | ||||||
| Microtome glass strips | ea | $4.95 | ||||||
| Chemicals and Supplies (ask) | ea | $1.00 | ||||||
| Staff assistance, per hr (training, project assistance) | hr | $20.00 | ||||||
| Five College Faculty receive the Umass rate; Umass clients receive priority | ||||||||
| Staff Assistance is not included in equipment, fixation, embedding charges, etc. | ||||||||
| Assisted by Staff: add the hourly staff charge for actual time of work | ||||||||
| Non-Umass: rate for equipment, services, staff assistance are double UMASS rate. | ||||||||