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Fees
Fees for services provided by the Electron Microscopy Facility at University Park.
The following fees are for researchers at Penn State. In most cases the EM Tech rate listed is an estimate. Please contact us for fee details if you are not a Penn State researcher.
| Service | Trained user | EM tech | Includes |
|---|---|---|---|
| EM Staff Time |
$37/hour |
||
| TEM | $43/hour | $80/hour |
Scope time and assistance |
| TEM Embedding per sample (vial) | $15/sample | Varies |
Fixatives, solvents, resins, tubes, vials, molds (a sample is 4 to 6 blocks) |
| Freeze substitution | $125/run | $199/run | Fixatives, solvents, Liquid Nitrogen, vials, embedding kit |
| Negative stain | $15/run | $24.25/run | Per run |
| Ultramicrotomy | $9/hour | Varies |
Trimming and sectioning supplies, grids and slides |
| Cryo-ultramicrotomy | $80/4hour run |
Varies | Trimming and sectioning supplies, grids and slides, Liquid Nitrogen |
| Double stain | $6.85/run | $25.35/run | 8 grids max |
| SEM | $33/hour | $70/hour |
Scope time and assistance |
| SEM Biological Sample Prep |
$9/sample | Varies |
Fixatives, solvents, tubes, filters |
| Cryo-SEM | not applicable | $67/ 4hour run + SEM time & Staff Time |
75 liters LN, supports for Vacuum Transfer Device and cryo-sputter coating |
| Critical point drying | $9/run | $27.50/run | Fixatives, solvents, CPD specimen carriers, polycarbonate filters, Thermonox coverslips, and transitional fluid (bone-dry liquid CO2) |
| Sputter-coating | $5/run | $14.25/run | Stub, adhesive tabs, colloidal silver, graphite, storage boxes, argon, and Au/Pd target |
| Paraffin microtomy (Finesse) | $6.50/hour | Varies | Leica $5/hour |
| Cryostat | $7.50/hour | Varies | |
| Automated paraffin processing | $8/ 5 samples | $22 / 5 samples | Per run of 5 samples |
| Gemini (H&E) | $11/ 5 slides | $20.25 / 5 slides | H&E (Dewax plus stain) |
| Gemini (Dewax) |
$6/ 5 slides |
$9.70/ 5 slides | Dewax only |
Additional charges apply to:
- specialty grids (Lacey carbon, Carbon/Formvar, etc)
- Kodak EM and Polaroid film
- Polymax photographic paper
- CDs
- Slide, grid boxes and other consumables