The UBC Bioimaging facility is a fee-for-service facility. The price information below is for Academic users. For Industry users, please visit www.imaginglabs.ubc.ca.
Equipment | Item | Price for Academic Users | Unit | |
Electron Microscopy | SEM - Hitachi S2600 SEM | $40.00 | hour | |
FE-SEM - Zeiss Crossbeam 350 | $66.00 | hour | ||
FIB milling - Zeiss Crossbeam 350 | $75.00 | hour | ||
Cryo-SEM session | $550.00 | day | ||
Cryo-FIB session | $675.00 | day | ||
120kV TEM- FEI Tecnai Spirit | $66.00 | hour | ||
200kV TEM - FEI Tecnai G20 | $75.00 | hour | ||
200kV Cryo-TEM session | $625.00 | day | ||
Optical Microscopy | Olympus Stereo Microscope | $15.00 | hour | |
Olympus BX53 widefield microscope | $15.00 | hour | ||
Olympus FV1000 Confocal Microscope | $40.00 | hour | ||
Olympus FV1000 with multiphoton | $66.00 | hour | ||
Spinning disc PerkinElmer w/ volocity | $40.00 | hour | ||
Spinning disc PerkinElmer after hours w/ volocity | $26.40 | hour | ||
Sample Preparation | High-pressure freezing | $70 | day | |
Vitrobot | $121.00 | each | ||
AFS2 Cryo Unit (Automated Freeze Substitution Machine) | $52.80 | day | ||
Cryo Ultramicrotomy | $275.00 | day | ||
Microtome | $26.40 | hour | ||
Microwave | $13.20 | hour | ||
Critical Point Drying | $3.20 | pound | ||
Carbon Coating | $19.80 | each | ||
Sputter Coating | $6.00 | nm | ||
Processing for SEM w/o CPD | $20.50 | sample | ||
Processing for TEM | $26.40 | sample | ||
Processing for TEM w/ HM20 | $55.00 | sample | ||
Leica VT1000 Vibratome | $13.20 | hour | ||
Computer | Image Processing | AMIRA and Dragonfly Software | $13.20 | hour |
Volocity Software Monthly Charges | $13.20 | hour | ||
FEI Inspect3D Software | $13.20 | hour | ||
Tech Assistance | Tech Assistance | $66.00 | hour | |
Sectioning by BIF Staff | $96.80 | block |
Updated April 2023