Facility Services and Fees

The platform is also open to users outside of academia. Please contact the platform administrators for more information.

Use of Instruments and software

Unit

Power user

McGill user

Other Academia

Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer (RNA or DNA analysis service)

Per chip

$ 180

$ 220

$ 260

qPCR plate reading on Viia7 instrument (96-well plate)

hour

$ 6.00

$ 10.00

$ 20.00

Pyromark instruments, 24-well plate

run

$ 20.00

$ 30.00

$ 50.00

Electrophoresis equipment hour $ 5.00 $ 10.00 $ 20.00
PCR Thermocycler hour $ 5.00 $ 10.00 $ 20.00

Power user fees: Applies when a laboratory exceeds 15 hours of usage per month.

Use of Instruments

Unit

McGill user

Other Academia

Tecan Gene Paint Evo Robotic System (Service only)

Quote only

-

-

Cryostat Leica CM1850 UV

hour

$ 7.00

$ 10.00

 

Use of Instruments and software

Fees / hour

Instrument Application Power user* McGill user Other Academia

PerkinElmer Operetta

High Content automated image acquisition

$ 12.00

$ 15.00

$ 40.00

PerkinElmer Opera Phenix Plus

High Content automated image acquisition $ 30.00 $ 40.00 $ 60.00

PerkinElmer Cell Explorer Station

(Incubator, plate washer, liquid handling system)

Automated plate handling and pipetting

$ 12.00

($6.00)#

$ 15.00

($8.00)#

$ 40.00

($20.00)#

Harmony 5.1 (Remote session available)

2D and 3D high content image analysis $ 11.00 $ 15.00 $ 25.00

Columbus 2.9.1 (5 online licenses)

2D high content image analysis $ 11.00 $ 15.00 $ 25.00

Volocity 6.3.1 (Remote session available)

3D high content image analysis $ 7.50 $ 10.00 $ 20.00
Nikon CSU-X1 Spinning Disk Confocal Confocal microscopy, Intravital imaging, Kinetics, Widefield and Brightfield acquisition $ 25.00 $ 35.00 $ 60.00

Leica SP8 MP

Confocal, Multiphoton, FLIM, FRET, FRAP Image acquisition

$ 25.00

$ 35.00

$ 60.00

Imaris 9.1.2 analysis software  (Remote session available)

3D reconstruction/image analysis

$ 7.50

$ 10.00

$ 20.00

NIS analysis software  (Remote session available) Deconvolution, 3D reconstruction, Tilling, image analysis $ 7.50 $ 10.00 $ 20.00

Leica DM1000

Upright microscope - Immunofluorescence and brightfield.

$ 15.00

$ 20.00

 $ 30.00

Leica M165 FC

Stereomicroscope - Immunofluorescence and brightfield

$ 15.00

$ 20.00

$ 30.00

Leica DMI6000

Inverted Microscope - Fluorescence, brightfield and DIC $ 15.00 $ 20.00 $ 30.00

* Power user fees is automatically applied when a laboratory exceeds 15h per billing period (one month) for most of the equipment. Leica SP8 power user fees only apply to PI that contribute to the service contract. Bioanalyzer power user fees apply for McGill’s user only when more than two chip is analyzed.

#Second price when used with Opera Phenix

 

Unit

McGill

Other Academia

Training and technical assistance

hour

$ 75.00

$ 200.00

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