Microscopy Facility

Online Reservations – Facility Fees

Online fees for use of Microscopy Facility equipment are provided below.

Equipment Service
Fees
Transmission Electron Microscopy Tissue Processing: Plastic embedding of tissue
Sectioning: Thick sections (1mm), 1 slide
Sectioning: Thin sections, 4 grids per block
Sectioning: Thin sections on formvar-coated grids
Sectioning: Additional grids from same block
Remounting of samples
Staining of grids
$20/ea.
5/ea.
25/ea.
30/ea.
1/ea.
2/ea.
1/ea.
Scanning Electron Microscopy Tissue Processing: Critical Point Drying
HMDS
Gold coating of samples (up to 6)
30/run
15/ea.
5/ea.
Photographic Materials Film/Developing: Kodak Em4489
Film/Developing: Polaroid Type 55
Micrographs: 8"x10"
Micrographs: 8.5"x11"
1.25/ea.
2.25/ea.
2/ea.
2.50/ea.
Electron Microscopy
(TEM and SEM)
Technician time
Electron Microscopes – beam time
35/hr.
40/hr.
Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy Assisted use
Unassisted use (Mon.-Fri., 8 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Unassisted use (Mon.-Fri., 6 p.m. - midnight
Unassisted use (Sat.-Sun., midnight - 8 a.m.
Training
75/hr.
25/hr.
15/hr.
10/hr.
200/session
Multi-photon Laser Scanning Microscopy (2-Photon LSM) Assisted use
Unassisted use
Training
75/hr.
25/hr.
200/session
Widefield Microscopy Assisted use
Unassisted use
Training
45/hr.
5/hr.
no charge
Stereology system Assisted use
Unassisted use
Training
45/hr.
5/hr.
150/session
Printer Fujix digital prints 4/ea.
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology Virginia Commonwealth University VCU Medical Center
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