Equipment, Fees & Services
QLMC hourly rates are based on operating costs and do not include the purchase of new equipment, helping us maintain competitive pricing. The rates listed below apply to internal users. External users should consult the external pricing schedule and review the QLMC policies for external users.
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Discount: Peak hours are weekdays 7:00 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. Rates marked with an * are billed at half price outside peak hours.
| Equipment/service | Location | Hourly rate |
|---|---|---|
| Confocal Microscopes | ||
| Leica Stellaris Falcon 8: inverted laser-scanning confocal microscope with TauSense technology for FLIM | NL5.120R | $40* |
| Nikon CSU-W1 Dual Camera: inverted spinning-disk confocal microscope with two cameras | K1.228 | $40* |
| Nikon CSU-W1 SoRa: inverted spinning-disk confocal microscope with super-resolution and FRAP modules | NL5.120R | $40* |
| Zeiss LSM 780: inverted laser-scanning confocal and multiphoton microscope | NL5.120N | $40* |
| Zeiss LSM 780: upright laser-scanning confocal and multiphoton microscope | ND5.740 | $40* |
| Zeiss LSM 880: inverted laser-scanning confocal and multiphoton microscope | NL7.134A | $40* |
| Zeiss LSM 880 Airyscan: inverted laser-scanning confocal microscope with super-resolution imaging | K1.224 | $40* |
| Zeiss LSM 980 Airyscan 2: inverted laser-scanning confocal microscope with SR and FCS module | NL5.120LA | $40* |
| Super-Resolution Microscopes | ||
| OMX SR: 2D/3D SIM, 2D PALM/STORM, TIRF, FRAP - pricing: autonomous/assisted | NL5.120R | $45 / $65 |
| Abberior Facility Line STED: STED nanoscopy for true super-resolution imaging - pricing: autonomous/assisted | ND5.760 | $25 / $65 |
| Wide-Field Microscopes | ||
| Nikon Ti: wide-field epifluorescence microscope with a true-color camera for histological stains | NL5.120R | $25 |
| Holotomographic Imaging | ||
| Tomocube HT-X1 Plus: label-free 3D holotomographic and fluorescence imaging | NL5.120S | $30 |
| Dissecting and Stereo Microscopes | ||
| Zeiss SteREO Discovery.V12 with PentaFluar S | NL7.110M | $15 |
| Workstations | ||
| Image-Processing Workstations | NL5.120P | $15 |
| Custom-Built Microscopes available through the Cancer Cell Imaging Core (CCIC) | ||
| mesoSPIM: imaging of cleared specimens with approximately 5-µm isotropic resolution across very large volumes | Contact CCIC | Contact CCIC |
| ctASLMv1: imaging of cleared specimens with approximately 700-nm isotropic resolution | Contact CCIC | Contact CCIC |
| ctASLMv2: imaging of cleared specimens with approximately 300-nm isotropic resolution | Contact CCIC | Contact CCIC |
| OPM: high-speed volumetric imaging with approximately 200-nm lateral and 500-nm axial resolution | Contact CCIC | Contact CCIC |
| Services | ||
| Technical assistance, including sample preparation, image analysis, and quantification | — | $60 |
| Assisted image acquisition, charged in addition to the microscope fee | — | $40 |
| Personalized microscope or image-analysis training, per session | — | $60 |
| Automation of image quantification, including Fiji/ImageJ macro development | — | $60 |
| Basic microscope maintenance, including objective cleaning and computer maintenance | — | $60 |
| Seminars, including QLMC overviews, fluorescence microscopy, digital imaging, and Fiji/ImageJ | — | Contact us |