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Scheduling & Rates

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Recharge Rates

The Biophotonics Center Core Facility recharges researchers for beam time on microscopes and sample preparation services. See table below for current FY'18 recharge rates. Peak time denotes Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm, off peak is any other time and all day on the weekends.

For access or training requests, please use the links below:

Salk Researchers

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External Researchers

Account Request»
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For general BPHO Core issues including invoicing, billing or consultations, please contact:

Uri Manor, PhD
Biophotonics Core Director
858-453-4100

umanor@salk.edu

Instrument Salk (peak) Salk (off-peak) External* (peak) External* (off-peak) Commercial*

Light Microscopy (per hour)

Airyscan

$36.40

$20

$67.90

$38.80

$254.63

Z1 Lightsheet±

$36.40

$20

$67.90

$38.80

$254.63

ELYRA

$36.40

$20

$67.90

$38.80

$254.63

Oxford Nanoimager

$36.40

$20

$67.90

$38.80

$254.63

LSM 710

$26

$15

$48.50

$29.10

$181.88

Spinning Disk

$26

$15

$48.50

$29.10

$181.88

Two-Photon

$36.40

$20

$67.90

$38.80

$254.63

Yokogawa CV1000

$26

$15

$48.50

$29.10

$181.88

Nikon TIRF

$26

$15

$48.50

$29.10

$181.88

Laser Capture

$26

$15

$48.50

$29.10

$181.88

StereoLumar V12

$15

$10

$29.10

$19.40

$109.13

Slide Scanner

$15

$29.10

$109.13

Incucyte (per day per plate)

$30

please inquire

please inquire

Image Analysis Workstations

$8.32

$4

$16

$8.32

$58.20

Advanced light microscopy training±± and assisted imaging or analysis sessions (per hour)

$78

$78

$146

$146

please inquire

Sample Preparation (per sample)
 

Salk

External*

Commercial*

Tissue Clearing or Expansion

$208

$388

$1455

Standard TEM/SEM

$208

$388

$1455

Advanced EM (immuno, SBFSEM, etc.)

please inquire

please inquire

please inquire

Electron Microscopy (per hour)
 

Salk

External*

Commercial*

TEM / EF-TEM

$46.80

$87.30

$327.38

SEM / eSEM

$36.40

$67.90

$254.63

*These rates are inclusive of all indirect costs and taxes.

Notes:

± Lightsheet has an additional minimum 1-hour assisted imaging session fee

±± Trainings are a minimum of 2 hours