{"id":515,"date":"2016-03-17T12:28:41","date_gmt":"2016-03-17T16:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ccamwp.uh.uconn.edu\/?page_id=515"},"modified":"2026-02-05T12:53:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T17:53:07","slug":"microscopy-fees","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/cell-analysis-modeling\/microscopy-fees\/","title":{"rendered":"Microscopy Fees and Sample Supplies"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n CCAM uses the UConn Health\u00a0CORES billing and scheduling software for both\u00a0Internal Users<\/a> and External Users<\/a>. All UConn Health users must be authorized to charge an FRS account on the CORES\u00a0software prior to using CCAM facilities. You should contact your departmental administrator to enter you as an authorized user in the system and to ensure you have access to an FRS account. For more information see CCAM microscope user policies<\/a>.\n <\/p>\n

Please Note<\/strong> – if you require assistance, please be aware that an assisted user rate will apply. Assisted rate is CCAM staff time + instrument time.\u00a0 Thank you for your understanding.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\n CCAM Microscope User Fees (Effective July 1, 2023)
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Instrument \/ Service<\/th>\nUnit Charge<\/th>\nUConn Health<\/th>\nExternal Non\u2011Profit<\/th>\nExternal For\u2011Profit<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Microscopes<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Laser Scanning Confocal Microscopes \u2013 780 and 880<\/th>\nPer hour<\/td>\n$45.10<\/td>\n$72.15<\/td>\n$90.18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LightSheet Microscope<\/th>\nPer hour<\/td>\n$45.10<\/td>\n$72.15<\/td>\n$90.18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Zeiss Elyra 7<\/th>\nPer hour<\/td>\n$45.10<\/td>\n$72.15<\/td>\n$90.18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nikon Crest Spinning Disk Confocal<\/th>\nPer hour<\/td>\n$25.00<\/td>\n$40.00<\/td>\n$50.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Zeiss Axiovert 200M<\/th>\nPer hour<\/td>\n$22.54<\/td>\n$36.07<\/td>\n$44.57<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Zeiss TIRF<\/th>\nPer hour<\/td>\n$0.00<\/td>\n$0.00<\/td>\n$0.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Service<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
\n Training Session \u2013 Confocals, LightSheet, Elyra 7
\n (includes 2\u2011hour initial training and two 1\u2011hour follow\u2011ups)\n <\/th>\n		Each<\/td>\n$387.60<\/td>\n$620.16<\/td>\n$775.20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n Training Session \u2013 Axiovert 200M, Zeiss TIRF
\n (1\u2011hour initial training and 1\u2011hour follow\u2011up)\n <\/th>\n		Each<\/td>\n$193.71<\/td>\n$309.23<\/td>\n$386.53<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Assisted Usage (instrument rate not included)<\/th>\nPer hour<\/td>\n$97.68<\/td>\n$156.29<\/td>\n$195.36<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Analytical Instrumentation<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Spex Spectrofluorimeter<\/th>\nPer hour<\/td>\n$17.80<\/td>\n$26.81<\/td>\n$33.51<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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\n Fee Schedule for Long\u2011Term Imaging of Live Cell Preparations
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\n CCAM offers a reduced fee for laboratories conducting long\u2011term, live\u2011cell imaging with prior approval from Susan Staurovsky<\/a>. There is a minimum, five (5) hours<\/strong> reservation time required with the first three hours being charged at the standard facility rates and subsequent time will be billed at the reduced rates:\n <\/p>\n