Fees
Find our hourly rates to use our microscopes, receive technical support, perform image analysis or pay annual rates for access.
- Facility use is based on an online sign-up system, which is the basis for calculating charges.
- All users must provide an internal fund number that will be charged trimonthly.
- It is the responsibility of the faculty member to ensure the fund covers all charges.
Click through the tabs below to find out about fees for instrument usage, technical support, image analysis and annual subscriptions.
Usage fees are charged based on the complexity of the instrument and anticipated maintenance costs.
- Super-resolution Spinning Disk: $40/hr
- Confocal Microscopes: $25/hr
- Epifluorescence Microscopes: $25/hr
- Transmitted light Microscopes: $10/hr
- Laser-capture Microdissection: $25/hr + consumables
Listed fees are for faculty members of Concordia University.
Investigators from other academic institutions will be charged 2x fees.
Non-academic users 4x these fees.
All training and technical support is by appointment only and depends on availability. The microscopy specialist, Dr. Chris Law, can also perform your imaging, circumstances permitting. Contact us to book a training session or appointment with Dr. Law.
- Training: $50/hr
- Technical Support: $60/hr
- Imaging: $60/hr
Instrument use fees will be added to these charges, unless the user holds a subscription to the CMCI. Initial training sessions are usually 2 hours, but they can extend to 4+ hours depending on the equipment and/or experiment.
The microscopy specialist, Dr. Chris Law, has extensive experience with image analysis concepts and tools. If you are a Concordia researcher or student with a particularly challenging Image analysis question, Dr. Law will be happy to consult with you to figure out an answer. Please consider including him as a co-author on your paper!
Access to the CMCI's image analysis computer is provided free of charge, however training for analysis software is charged at $50/hr.
If you are not a Concordia member, the specialist will be happy to consult with you regarding your question for a fee of $60/hr.
If you would like a custom image analysis script using imageJ, contact us.
If you are a Concordia researcher who will be using CMCI instruments extensively, we provide an annual subscription service to alleviate instrument costs. Contact us to discuss this option.