Publication/Authorship Policy
The EM Core Facility provides services for transmission electron microscopy on a fee-for-service basis.
The EM Core Facility provides technical services only, interpretation of data is the responsibility of the submitting investigator.
Also note that the EM Core Facility should be acknowledged in publications and presentations for which our services were utilized.
Consider co-authorship for staff who contribute significantly to experimental design, data collection/interpretation, and manuscript preparation.
User fee structure:
Users | Rate |
Internal Academic |
Training (Maximum of 2 trainees from the same lab) | $115 /hr |
Post-training (Maximum of 2 hrs) | $90 /hr |
Post-training (after 2 hrs) | $115 /hr |
Instrument time | $65 /hr |
Imaging Sample Service | $115 /hr |
Sample preparation (Processing and/or Negative Staining; including the consumables) | $50 /hr |
Vibrotomy Sample Service | $60 /hr |
Vibrotomy Instrument time | $10 /hr |
Ultra sectioning of processed samples | $75 /hr |
Image Processing | $50 /hr |
External Academic |
Training (Maximum of 2 trainees from the same lab) | $130 /hr |
Post-training (Maximum of 2 hrs) | $105 /hr |
Post-training (after 2 hrs) | $130 /hr |
Instrument time | $80 /hr |
Imaging Sample Service | $130 /hr |
Sample preparation (Processing and/or Negative Staining; including the consumables) | $65 /hr |
Vibrotomy Sample Service | $70 /hr |
Vibrotomy Instrument time | $20 /hr |
Ultra sectioning of processed samples | $80 /hr |
Image Processing | $55 /hr |
Government |
Training (Maximum of 2 trainees from the same lab) | $150 /hr |
Post-training (Maximum of 2 hrs) | $125 /hr |
Post-training (after 2 hrs) | $150 /hr |
Instrument time | $100 /hr |
Imaging Sample Service | $150 /hr |
Sample preparation (Processing and/or Negative Staining; including the consumables) | $75 /hr |
Vibrotomy Sample Service | $100 /hr |
Vibrotomy Instrument time | $50 /hr |
Ultra sectioning of processed samples | $90 /hr |
Image Processing | $70 /hr |
Industry |
Training (Maximum of 2 trainees from the same lab) | $210 /hr |
Post-training (Maximum of 2 hrs) | $190 /hr |
Post-training (after 2 hrs) | $210 /hr |
Instrument time | $160 /hr |
Imaging Sample Service | $210 /hr |
Sample preparation (Processing and/or Negative Staining; including the consumables) | $85 /hr |
Vibrotomy Sample Service | $120 /hr |
Vibrotomy Instrument time | $70 /hr |
Ultra sectioning of processed samples | $110 /hr |
Image Processing | $75 /hr |