Equipment, Fees & Services
QLMC's hourly rates are determined by operational costs and don't cover the purchase of new equipment. This allows for competitive pricing. Hourly rates for external users are listed here. Questions? Marcel.Mettlen@utsouthwestern.edu us.
| Equipment | Location | Hourly rate* |
|---|---|---|
| Confocal Microscopes | ||
| Nikon CSU-W1 dual camera inverted spinning disk confocal with 2 cameras | NL5.120R | $40** |
| Nikon CSU-W1 SoRa inverted spinning disk confocal with super-resolution and FRAP modules | NL5.120R | $40** |
| Zeiss LSM 780 inverted confocal/multiphoton | NL5.120N | $40** |
| Zeiss LSM 780 upright confocal/multiphoton | ND5.740 | $40** |
| Zeiss LSM 880 inverted confocal/multiphoton | NL7.134A | $40** |
| Zeiss LSM880 Airyscan inverted confocal with super-resolution | K1.224 | $40** |
| Zeiss LSM980 Airyscan2 inverted confocal with super-resolution | NL5.120LA | $40** |
| Super-Resolution Microscopes and TIR-FM | ||
| OMX SR 3D structured illumination (SIM), 2D PALM/STORM, ring TIRF, ... | NL5.120R | $45/65** |
| STED (stimulated emission depletion) Abberior Facility Line | ND5.760 | $25/65 |
| Wide-Field Microscopes | ||
| Nikon Ti wide-field epifluorescence with color camera for histology and imaging with polarized light | NL5.120R | $25 |
| Dissecting/Stereo Microscopes | ||
| Zeiss SteREO Discovery.V12 with Pentafuar S | NL7.110M | $15 |
| Workstations | ||
| Image Processing Workstations | NL5.120P | $15 |
| Services | ||
| Technical assistance (sample preparation, image analysis and quantification, ....) | $60 | |
| Assisted image acquisition (rate in addition to microscope fee) | $40 | |
| Training (per session) | $60 | |
| Automation of image quantification (i.e. macro-writing for Fiji/ImageJ) | $60 | |
| Basic microscope service (objective cleaning, computer maintenance, light bulb replacement, ...) | $60 | |
| Seminar (e.g. "The QLMC", "Fluorescent microscopy", "Digital imaging", "Fiji/ImageJ", ...) | inquire | |
| Custom-build microscopes (available through the Kevin Dean lab) | ||
| mesoSPIM for cleared specimens (isotropic ~5 µm resolution through very large volumes) | Inquire | inquire |
| ctASLMv1 for cleared specimens (isotropic ~700 nm resolution) | Inquire | inquire |
| ctASLMv2 for cleared specimens (isotropic ~300 nm resolution) | Inquire | inquire |
| OPM for qlmc, high-speed volumetric imaging (~200 nm (xy); ~500 nm (z) resolution) | Inquire | inquire |
** peak hours: 7am-6:30pm. Outside peak hours, systems are available at half price.