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Fees for services provided by the Electron Microscopy Facility at University Park.

The following fees are for researchers at Penn State. Please contact us for fee details if you are not a Penn State researcher.

Service Trained user EM tech Includes
TEM $43/hour $58/hour Scope time and assistance
Embedding per sample (vial) $12 first sample, then $4/sample $70 first sample, then $4/sample Fixatives, solvents, resins, tubes, vials, molds (a sample is 4 to 6 blocks)
Freeze substitution $125/run $200/run Fixatives, solvents, LN, vials, embedding kit
Negative stain $14/run $25/run Per run
Ultramicrotomy $7/hour $30/block Trimming and sectioning supplies, grids and slides
Cryo-ultramicrotomy $45 setup plus $5.50/hour $100 setup plus $65/block Trimming and sectioning supplies, grids and slides, LN
Serial sectioning not applicable $60/block Trimming and sectioning supplies, grids and slides
Double stain $7.50/run $28/run 8 grids max
Carbon-coated formvar grids $0.80/grid $1.40/grid Carbon-coated formvar grid
SEM $32/hour $47/hour Scope time and assistance
Cryo-SEM not applicable $100/hour 75 liters LN, supports for Vacuum Transfer Device and cryo-sputter coating
Critical point drying $17/run $35/run Fixatives, solvents, CPD specimen carriers, polycarbonate filters, Thermonox coverslips, and transitional fluid (bone-dry liquid CO2)
Sputter-coating $11/run $21/run Stub, adhesive tabs, colloidal silver, graphite, storage boxes, argon, and Au/Pd target
Paraffin microtomy (Finesse) $6.50/block $14/block Leica $5/hour
Cryostat $7.50/block $18/block
Automated paraffin processing $8 per 5 samples $22 per 5 samples Per run of 5 samples
Gemini (H&E or Dewax) $8 per 5 slides $18 per 5 slides H&E (Dewax plus stain) or Dewax only
EM technician (labor) not applicable $29.90/hour Procedure plus tech hours

Additional charges apply to:

  • Lacey carbon grids
  • Kodak EM and Polaroid film
  • Polymax photographic paper
  • CDs
  • Slide, grid boxes and other consumables