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) | |
|---|---|
| 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 | $35.00/hour |
| 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 | $75.00/hour |
| Commercial or Government Users | |
| TEM Filament Time | $125.00/hour |
| 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 | $35.00/hour + materials |
| For Commercial and non-UVic Users | $70.00/hour + materials |
User fees
| Critical Point Drying, per run | |
|---|---|
| For Inside Users | $10.00 |
| For Outside Users | $15.00 |
| For Commercial and non-UVic Users | $25.00 |
| Carbon or Platinum Coating, per run | |
|---|---|
| For Inside Users | $10.00 |
| For Outside Users | $15.00 |
| For Commercial and non-UVic Users | $25.00 |
| Gold Sputter Coating, per run | |
|---|---|
| For Inside Users | $15.00 |
| For Outside Users | $20.00 |
| For Commercial and non-UVic Users | $40.00 |
| Glow Discharge Treatment of Grids, per run | |
|---|---|
| For Inside Users | $10.00 |
| For Outside Users | $15.00 |
| For Commercial and non-UVic Users | $25.00 |
| Use of Ultramicrotomes, per hour | |
|---|---|
| For Inside Users | no charge |
| For Outside Users | $5.00 |
| For Commercial and non-UVic Users | $15.00 |
| Consummables (cost per item, subject to change as they change from the suppliers) | |
|---|---|
| Epon or Spurr's Resin (~50 grams) | $25.00 |
| Osmium Tetroxide (2 mls of 4 %) | $11.00 |
| 16 % Formaraldehyde (10 mls) | $6.00 |
| 8 % Glutaraldehyde (10 mls) | $6.00 |
| 25 % Glutaraldehyde (10 mls) | $7.00 |
| 50% Glutaraldehyde (10 mls) | $8.00 |
| Bar of Glass for ultramicrotome knives | $8.00 |
| Bar of Glass for JB-4 knives | $15.00 |
| Plastic knife boats for glass knives | $0.50 |
| Aluminum stubs for SEM | $0.50 |
| Small Plastic Box for SEM Stubs | $6.00 |
| Large Plastic Box for SEM Stubs | $12.00 |
| 200 or 300 mesh EM Grids (100/vial) | $31.00 |
| 600 mesh EM Grids (100/vial) | $70.00 |
| Synaptek Slot Grids (100/vial) | $70.00 |
| Small EM Grid box | $7.00 |
| Large EM Grid box | $16.00 |
| 100 ml Aliquot of JB-4 | $50.00 |
| JB-4 block holder | $3.15 |