Services
Our services will help you to optimize your experiments (reagents, samples, kits and their costs), to stay focused on your goal and to gain access to our standard operating procedures (SOPs) and good laboratory practice (GLP) techniques, expertise and many more.
Here are some fee-for-services that we offer:
- Access to multiple and various samples (DNA, serum, plasma, PBMC from Whole Blood, human iPSCs from PBMC, muscle biopsies, CSF, urine, fibroblasts)
- Personalized and private sample collection and storage
- Storage rentals (-20°C and -80°C freezers and liquid nitrogen tanks)
- SOP consultations
- Department referrals for consenting and recruiting participants in your area of interest
For questions about services and pricing, cbig.mni [at] mcgill.ca (email us).
Sample costs for partners:
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Academia outside McGill |
Private sector and Others |
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iPSCs/PBMC |
$720.00 |
$1,200.00 |
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Serum/Plasma |
$210.00 |
$350.00 |
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DNA |
$270.00 |
$450.00 |
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CSF |
$270.00 |
$450.00 |
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Fibroblast |
$720.00 |
$1,200.00 |
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Biopsy |
$270.00 |
$450.00 |
*The prices indicated correspond to the price per unit (per vial).
Equipment
The Open Biobank offers a wide range of fee-for-services access to equipment to the research community. Our team will train you on all the equipment available. The C-BIG Repository will also provide maintenance and calibration of all the equipment to ensure a high quality and cost-effective core facility that will facilitate and expedite your research.
We offer an industry rate: cbig.mni [at] mcgill.ca (subject: Website%20enquiry%3A%20Pricing) (Email us for pricing)
For access to our equipment or training, or if you have any questions, please cbig.mni [at] mcgill.ca (email us).
Available instruments:
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Processor Instrument – HistoCore Pearl
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Embedding machine
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Cryostat
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Microtome
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Slide Scanner
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Slide labeler – SlideMate AS (coming soon)
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Casset labeler – PrinteMate AS (coming soon)
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Nanodrop 2000 spectrophotometer
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Enspire Multimode Plate Reader
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Fluorescence Zeiss Microscope
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Elipsot
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MetaExpress
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Z Counter
Documentation
For any inquiries, please contact us directly at cbig.mni [at] mcgill.ca
General:
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C-BIG-01-001 Administration of Standard Operating Procedures (CBIG-01-001)
Procedural:
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CBIG-02-001 PBMC Isolation from Whole Blood (Conventional Method) (CBIG-02-001)
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CBIG-02-002 PBMC Isolation from Whole Blood (Leucosep Method) (CBIG-02-002)
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CBIG-02-003 Serum Isolation from Whole Blood (CBIG-02-003)
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CBIG-02-004 DNA Extraction from Whole Blood (Accelerated Method) (CBIG-02-004)
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CBIG-02-005 DNA Extraction from Whole Blood (Conventional Method) (CBIG-02-005)
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CBIG-02-006 DNA Extraction from Saliva (CBIG-02-006)
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CBIG-02-007 DNA Quantification through NanoDrop Spectrophotometry (CBIG-02-007)
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CBIG-02-008 CSF Processing (CBIG-02-008)
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CBIG-02-009 Preparation and Testing of Human AB Serum for Subsequent Storage and Use (CBIG-02-009)
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CBIG-02-010 Thawing of Cryopreserved Cells (CBIG-02-010)
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CBIG-02-011 Plasma Isolation from Whole Blood (CBIG-02-11)
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CBIG-02-012 Skin Biopsy (Sampling Procedure, Transport and Culture) (CBIG-02-012)
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CBIG-02-013 Fibroblast Culture (CBIG-02-013)
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CBIG-02-014 DNA Extraction from cell pellet (in preparation)
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CBIG-02-015 How to Use an Oragene-DNA Test Tube for the Collection of Saliva (CBIG-02-015)
Equipment:
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CBIG-03-001 Different Methods to count cells (CBIG-03-001)
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CBIG-03-002 RPM Conversion (CBIG-03-002)
Forms:
Nanodrop 2000 (Thermo Scientific)
Cost: 0.10$/sample Free
A spectrophotometer (full-spectrum and UV-Vis spectrophotometers) used to quantify and assess purity of DNA, RNA, protein and more!
We offer training, calibration and maintenance of the spectrophotometer.
Guidelines
Before using it, you should have a training (10-15 minutes) with a member of the C- BIG Repository team.
The training will cover:
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the use of the nanodrop
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the cleanup before and after use
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the software
After training, a password will be given to you to access the nanodrop.
Enspire Multimode Plate Reader (Perkin Elmer)
Cost: Free
This plate reader is a high performance, compact and configurable instrument designed with filter/quadmonochromator capabilities. It has an intuitive and ‘easy-to-use’ touch screen to reduce assay start-up times and simplify protocols.
The Enspire plate reader is free to use. We may request a fee in the future to be able to offer additional services, i.e. training and maintenance.
Guidelines for use
Please sign the log in sheet available on the reader. Extra sheets are available next to it.
Clean the space with 70% ethanol after use.
Close the Enspire Plate reader (both the reader and the computer) after use.
Before use, please complete a training session with a member of the Open Biobank team (the complete training will be available soon).
The training will cover:
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the use of the Enspire
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the cleanup before and after use
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the software
Histology equipment:
The instruments are in the Lyman Duff building, room B1/B2. The key is available in NWB132 (sign in and out is needed). No training is available yet.
