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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. 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