Instruments & Services | Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

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Microscopes

Name	IGB/University Rate
Atomic Force Microscope Cypher ES Environmental AFM	$14/Hour
AxioScan.Z1 Slide scanning microscope for brightfield and fluorescence imaging	$19/hour
AxioZoom V16 Zeiss V16 zoom microscope	$13.50/hour
Confocal - Zeiss LSM 700 Microscope Four-laserpoint scanning confocal with a single pinhole	$35/hour
Confocal - Zeiss LSM 710 - Multiphoton Microscope with Mai Tai eHP Ti: sapphire laser and FLIM from ISS	$44/hour
Confocal - Zeiss LSM 880 Airyscan	$45/hour
Confocal - Zeiss LSM 900 Airyscan 2	$39/hour
Lightsheet Microscope Zeiss Z1 Microscope	$29/hour
Minflux Molecular resolution in 2D and 3D	$64.50/hour
NanoZoomer Slide Scanner Slide scanning system provides 460nm resolution scans of complete slides.	$14/hour
Raman-AFM-SNOM Microscope Confocal Raman Spectroscopy	$20/hour
Serial Block Face SEM Zeiss Sigma VP 3View SBF-SEM	$19.50/hour
SR-SIM Four laser structured illumination superresolution system	$48.50/hour
STEDYCON 2D STED microscope with 40nm resolution
Ultramicroscope Lightsheet system large samples	$42/hour
Widefield Fluorescence Microscope Zeiss Axiovert 200M with the Apotome	$28/hour

X-Ray CT Scanner

X5000 Imaging 2D Digital Radiography and 3D Computer Tomography ($86/hour)
Large sample X-ray CT system from North Star Imaging

NMR Facility

Agilent 600 MHz NMR ($13/hour)
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer

Analytical Instruments

ImageQuant 800 ($13/hour)
Gel documenting system

Live Cell

Four Fisher IsoTemp Incubators
Heater and CO2 regulator for Zeiss Axiovert
Laminar Flow Hood

Tissue Processing

Cold Plate and Embedding Processor
Leica EG1150 C cold plate and Leica EG1150 H heated paraffin dispensing module.

Cryostat ($8/hour)
Leica CM3050 S cryostat.

Microtome ($8/hour)
Leica RM2255 rotary microtome.

Vibratome
A Vibratome 1000 Plus.

X-CLARITY ($129/hour)
Tissue Clearing System

Image Analysis Facility

Analyze
3D Visualization and analysis software

Autoquant
Deconvolution

Axiovision
Image analysis

FIJI
Open Source Image Analysis

Imaris
3D visualization package

Detailed Fee Information

Service	UIUC Faculty Subsidized Rate*	UIUC Internal Rate	Academic Rate	External Rate
AXIO Zoom V16	$13.50	$30.23	$39.82	$48.72
Cryostat	$8.00	$31.37	$41.32	$50.22
Cypher-AFM	$14.00	$41.30	$54.40	$63.30
Lightsheet	$29.00	$29.30	$38.58	$47.49
LSM700	$35.00	$34.97	$46.06	$54.96
LSM710	$44.00	$55.40	$72.96	$81.87
LSM880	$45.00	$44.54	$58.66	$67.56
Microtome	$8.00	$26.38	$34.74	$43.65
Nanozoomer	$14.00	$40.82	$53.76	$62.67
600MHzNMR	$13.00	$25.71	$33.87	$42.77
SBF-SEM	$19.50	$117.37	$154.58	$163.48
SR-SIM	$48.50	$120.16	$158.25	$167.15
Training	$50.00	$60.15	$79.21	$104.89
Widefield - FL Microscope	$28.00	$27.65	$36.42	$45.32
Formlabs Form2 - 3D Printer	$8.00	$29.70	$39.12	$48.02
Axio Scan Z1	$19.00	$39.99	$52.67	$61.58
X-CLARITY	$129.00	$132.42	$174.40	$187.76
X5000 CT	$86.00	$535.15	$704.79	$713.69
UltraMicroscope	$42.00	$172.20	$226.79	$235.70
AFM-Raman	$20.00	$71.21	$93.79	$102.69
ImageQuant 800	$13.00	$24.91	$32.81	$41.72
MINFLUX	$64.50	$88.21	$116.17	$125.08
LSM900	$39.00	$41.65	$54.85	$63.75
MERFISH	$13.00	$24.25	$31.94	$40.85
STEDYCON	$40.00	$48.93	$64.44	$73.34