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More than one person has requested this so I'll (re)post the survey results
as kindly forwarded to me by Kem Rodgers.
>>Thanks to all who replied to my request for user fee info.
>>Rob Palmer
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>Could you post a summary of the info to the group? I think it would be
>useful to many of us to find out the market rates for microscopy services.
>Thanks.
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>John Cork
>Calcium Imaging Facility
>Department of Anatomy, LSU Medical Center
>New Orleans, Louisiana 70112
>Tel (504) 568 7059 Fax (504) 568 4393
>e-mail --- [log in to unmask]
>> Steven,
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>> Here is the survey that Sue DeMaggio mentioned:
>> _____________________________________________________________________
>> She used the following designations and included the
>> following information:
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>> 1) In which region the institution is located
>> "West, East, South, Midwest" in US,
>> International
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>> 2) If there is support for the facility other than rates
>> alone. (Subsidized) SUB
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>> 3) Name of the institution (I believe all are non-profit)
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>> 4) Special Arrangements are footnoted after the regional
>> section SP ARR
>> for example some have bulk rates, training rates etc.
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>> 5) THe appropriate charges for types of services offered
>> Confocal Microscopy CM
>> Video Imaging VI
>> Flow Cytometry FCM
>> and all with or without operator W/Op
>> _____________________________________________________________________
>> REGION NAME CM W/Op VI W/Op FCM W/Op SUB SP ARR
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>> W UC Irvine $30 $60 $30 $60 $50 $75 salary
>> na $75 (for sorter) 1
>> off campus 60 100 60 100 na 120
>> non-acad 129 150 120 150 120 150
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>> W UC LA na na na na na $80 2
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>> W UCSF Cell
>> Analysis Lab 40 65 30 55 50 75 3
>> Corporate 60 98 45 83 75 113
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>> Pharmacology 20 na na na na na 90%
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>> W UCSBarbara 25 52 40 80 na na
>> Outsiders 40 80 na na na na
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>> W UC Davis 15 na na na na na
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>> W Stanford na na na na 61 na (FACScan)
>> 93 131 (Sorter)
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>> W U of Utah 8 na
>> Off Campus 25 na (May have increased in Feb, 94)
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>> W Fred Hutchinson
>> Cancer Center 40
>> Collaborators 50
>> Outsiders 175
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>> 1 Set up time for sorter 2 hours
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>> 2 Staining at $20-$40/tube-$80 minimum
>> Training course required for FACScan at $200
>> Setup time at $80/hr on sorter
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>> 3 Training class for Flow Cytometry $250 on-campus users
>> $375 off-campus
>> ______________________________________________________________________
>>
>> REGION NAME CM W/Op VI W/Op FCM W/Op SUB SP ARR
>> E MBL $20 na $ 6 na YES
>> outsiders 40 na 12 na
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>> E Princeton 25 na
>> other dpts 30 na 1
>> outsiders 75 na
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>> E Cornell 15 na $15(^60) 32(FACScan) 50%
>> Increases coming 40(Sorter)
>> July 1994 20 na 20(^75) 40
>> 50(Sorter)
>> Jan 1995 20 na 20 45
>> 56(Sorter)
>>
>> E Dana Farber 27 40%
>> Harvard
>> Outsiders 40
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>> E Dartmouth na 50
>> Outsiders na 90
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>> E Sloan Kettering (FACScan) na 60 40%
>> (Sorter) na 75 2
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>> E Jefferson 20
>> Cancer Inst
>> Outsiders 50
>>
>> E Boston U 3
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>> E MIT 50
>>
>> 1 10-12 hours of training required at no charge for
>> Confocal use
>> 2 2 hour set up fee ($150) for sorts
>> Data reanalysis $40/hr
>> 3 Time on scope purchased as blocks of time only
>> $ 160 / 4 hours
>> $1200 / 40 hours
>> $2400 / 100 hours
>> Training of 1 week +8 hours 1:1 before using on own
>> _________________________________________________________________
>>
>> REGION NAME CM W/Op VI W/Op FCM W/Op SUB SP ARR
>>
>> MW Ohio State 22 44
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>> MW U of Minn 18
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>> MW U of Wis-M 25 50
>> Integrated Microscopy Resource 1
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>> MW U of Iowa (Analysis only) na 75 NONE
>> (Sorting) na 60
>> (Data output) 60
>>
>> MW U of Mich na 31 50%
>> other depts na 62
>> Outsiders na 128
>>
>> 1 Training sessions at nominal fee until able to work on
>> own
>>
>> ______________________________________________________________________
>>
>> REGION NAME CM W/Op VI W/Op FCM W/Op SUB SP ARR
>>
>> S U of Mo $7.50 na $7.50 na
>>
>> S U of Fl
>> Gainsville 20 yes
>> Outsiders 60
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>> S Vanderbilt 1
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>> S U of Georgia 25 na 15 na
>> Outsiders $37.50 $22.50
>>
>> 1 Bulk rates only - no hourly charges
>> $ 60 / half day
>> $3000 / half day per week for the full year
>> $6000 / full day per week for the full year
>> ____________________________________________________________________
>>
>> International responses
>> NAME CM W/Op VI W/Op FCM W/Op SUB SP ARR
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>> *NOTE* THESE AMOUNTS ARE IN FOREIGN CURRENCY!!
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>> U of Alberta (Sorter) $C50 100 yes
>> Canada (FACScan) 15 65 1
>> Outsiders 100
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>> CSIRO
>> Canberra, Aust A$55 Salaries
>> Outsiders 85
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>> 1 Fee cap of $5000 / year - then service is free!
>>
>> Scott Pine
>> FDA/CDER
>> Division of Research and Testing
>> Laurel, MD
>> [log in to unmask]
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>Kem A. Rogers
>Department of Anatomy
>University of Western Ontario
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>Office: (519) 661-3995
>FAX: (519) 661-3936
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