Equipment & user fees
Jeol 1011 Transmission Electron Microscope
- Tungsten filament, up to 120 kV
- 11 Megapixel CCD camera
Other equipment
- Ultramicrotomes
- Leica Ultracaut UCT
- Reichert Ultracut E
- Leica EM KMR2 Knifemaker
- Leica CPD300 Critical Point Dryer
- Edwards S150B Sputter Coater
- Edwards Carbon Coater
- JB-4 Microtome
- Normal ancillary equipment associated with an Electron Microscope Laboratory
| Microscope user fees (effective April 2016) | |
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| Inside Users: members of the Biology Department or members of UVic Departments or Centres that pay an annual fee of $5000.00/year | |
| TEM Filament Time | Please contact Sammy Weiser Novak for fees. |
| Outside Users: members of UVic Departments or Centres outside the Biology Department that do not pay an annual fee of $5000.00/year | |
| TEM Filament Time | Please contact Sammy Weiser Novak for fees. |
| Commercial or Government Users | |
| TEM Filament Time | Please contact Sammy Weiser Novak for fees. |
| TECHNICAL HELP BY THE MANAGER OF THE EM LABORATORY: (includes services such as tissue fixation, embedding, sectioning for light or electron microscopy, section staining, immunolabelling, microscope operation): | |
| For Biology Dept Users | materials |
| For UVic non-Biology Users | Please contact Sammy Weiser Novak for fees. |
| For Commercial and non-UVic Users | Please contact Sammy Weiser Novak for fees. |
User fees
| Critical Point Drying, per run | |
|---|---|
| For Inside Users | Please contact Sammy Weiser Novak for fees. |
| For Outside Users | Please contact Sammy Weiser Novak for fees. |
| For Commercial and non-UVic Users | Please contact Sammy Weiser Novak for fees. |
| Carbon or Platinum Coating, per run | |
|---|---|
| For Inside Users | Please contact Sammy Weiser Novak for fees. |
| For Outside Users | Please contact Sammy Weiser Novak for fees. |
| For Commercial and non-UVic Users | Please contact Sammy Weiser Novak for fees. |
| Gold Sputter Coating, per run | |
|---|---|
| For Inside Users | Please contact Sammy Weiser Novak for fees. |
| For Outside Users | Please contact Sammy Weiser Novak for fees. |
| For Commercial and non-UVic Users | Please contact Sammy Weiser Novak for fees. |
| Glow Discharge Treatment of Grids, per run | |
|---|---|
| For Inside Users | Please contact Sammy Weiser Novak for fees. |
| For Outside Users | Please contact Sammy Weiser Novak for fees. |
| For Commercial and non-UVic Users | Please contact Sammy Weiser Novak for fees. |
| Use of Ultramicrotomes, per hour | |
|---|---|
| For Inside Users | Please contact Sammy Weiser Novak for fees. |
| For Outside Users | Please contact Sammy Weiser Novak for fees. |
| For Commercial and non-UVic Users | Please contact Sammy Weiser Novak for fees. |
| Consummables (cost per item, subject to change as they change from the suppliers) | |
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| Epon or Spurr's Resin (~50 grams) | Please contact Sammy Weiser Novak for fees. |
| Osmium Tetroxide (2 mls of 4 %) | Please contact Sammy Weiser Novak for fees. |
| 16 % Formaraldehyde (10 mls) | Please contact Sammy Weiser Novak for fees. |
| 8 % Glutaraldehyde (10 mls) | Please contact Sammy Weiser Novak for fees. |
| 25 % Glutaraldehyde (10 mls) | Please contact Sammy Weiser Novak for fees. |
| 50% Glutaraldehyde (10 mls) | Please contact Sammy Weiser Novak for fees. |
| Bar of Glass for ultramicrotome knives | Please contact Sammy Weiser Novak for fees. |
| Bar of Glass for JB-4 knives | Please contact Sammy Weiser Novak for fees. |
| Plastic knife boats for glass knives | Please contact Sammy Weiser Novak for fees. |
| Aluminum stubs for SEM | Please contact Sammy Weiser Novak for fees. |
| Small Plastic Box for SEM Stubs | Please contact Sammy Weiser Novak for fees. |
| Large Plastic Box for SEM Stubs | Please contact Sammy Weiser Novak for fees. |
| 200 or 300 mesh EM Grids (100/vial) | Please contact Sammy Weiser Novak for fees. |
| 600 mesh EM Grids (100/vial) | Please contact Sammy Weiser Novak for fees. |
| Synaptek Slot Grids (100/vial) | Please contact Sammy Weiser Novak for fees. |
| Small EM Grid box | Please contact Sammy Weiser Novak for fees. |
| Large EM Grid box | Please contact Sammy Weiser Novak for fees. |
| 100 ml Aliquot of JB-4 | Please contact Sammy Weiser Novak for fees. |
| JB-4 block holder | Please contact Sammy Weiser Novak for fees. |