Fees
The FY26 rates are effective from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026. For reference, see FY25 rates.
Custom Projects: Specimen Preparation, Imaging & Software Services |
FY26 Rate |
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| Custom specimen preparation and imaging services (consultation meeting required) Lab supplies included, except for high-pressure freezer, for primary antibodies (typically provided by user), and for uranyl formate See TEM Cost Models |
$150 | /hr | |
Staff-operated/staff-supervised Equipment Use |
FY26 Rate |
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| Staff-operated: All microscopes, all equipment, all software Except: Lattice Light-Sheet (LLSM) |
$150 | /hr | |
| Staff-supervised, user-operated (“semi-assisted”: untrained users as part of TEM projects) | $75 | /hr | |
| Lattice Light-Sheet Microscope (LLSM): only available as staff-operated Promotional rate for JHU users only |
$32 | /hr | |
Unassisted Equipment Use |
FY26 Rate |
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| Electron microscopes Includes: Hitachi 7600, ThermoFisher Talos L120C |
$32 | /hr | |
| Confocal (laser-scanning & super-resolution SDC) & multiphoton microscopes Includes: Nikon/Yokogawa SoRA Super-resolution SDC, Zeiss LSM 700, Zeiss LSM 710MP, Zeiss LSM 780-FCS, Zeiss LSM 800 GaAsP, Zeiss LSM 880-Airyscan FAST Super-resolution |
$32 | /hr | |
| Long-term time-lapse confocal microscopy (3h minimum, overnight 9p-9a & weekend/holidays) |
$10.75 | /hr | |
| Rate only for confocal use at night (7p-9a) and on weekends. To qualify, users must log >500h experience on Facility confocals, excluding periods of long-term time lapse (see above). |
$10.75 | /hr | |
| Light microscopes, specialized | |||
| Asylum AFM | $32 | /hr | |
| GE OMX-SR | $32 | /hr | |
| Lumicks C-Trap G2 Optical Tweezers | $32 | /hr1 | |
| Molecular Devices IXM High-Content Imager | $18 | /hr1 | |
| Nikon Spinning Disk Confocal (dSTORM/Super-res; Yokogawa CSU-22) | $18 | /hr | |
| Long-term time-lapse microscopy (3h minimum, overnight 9p-9a & weekend/holidays) |
$6 | /hr | |
| 3i Lattice Light-Sheet Microscope (full assisted use only), Nikon/Gataca iLas2 (semi-assisted or full assisted use only) |
N/A | ||
| Light microscopes, basic | |||
| Nikon Fluorescence Dissection | $18 | /hr | |
| Olympus BX51TF with color camera (Olympus Color) | $18 | /hr | |
| Olympus IX81 Inverted (Olympus 1) | $18 | /hr | |
| Sample prep equipment | |||
| Leica Cryostat CM3050S | $18 | /hr | |
| Leica Microtome | $18 | /hr | |
| Training: all equipment, all image analysis software | |||
| (typical examples in gray italics) | Base rate: Basic Confocal (3h): Adv/Add’l Confocal (2h): Software (1h): |
$150 $450 $300 $150 |
/hr /session /session /session |
| Certification (test to allow unassisted self-use) | $32 | per trainee, per equipment | |
| Data resources fee for monthly usage of image-generating equipment | |||
| (Fee provides for temporary network storage of image data, and unlimited access to computer workstations and image analysis software during the month) | ≤5 hours per month ≤10 hours per month >10 hours per month |
$20.50 $41.00 $61.50 |
per month, per lab group |
| Software & workstation fees (for months without usage of image-generating equipment) | $5 | /hr | |
Custom Projects: Specimen Preparation, Imaging & Software Services |
FY26 Rate |
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| Custom specimen preparation and imaging services (consultation meeting required) Lab supplies included, except for high-pressure freezer, for primary antibodies, and for uranyl formate See TEM Cost Models |
$180 | /hr | |
Staff-operated/staff-supervised Equipment Use |
FY26 Rate |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Staff-operated: All microscopes, all equipment, all software Except: Lattice Light-Sheet (LLSM) |
$180 | /hr | |
| Staff-supervised, user-operated (“semi-assisted”: untrained users as part of TEM projects) | $90 | /hr | |
| Lattice Light-Sheet Microscope (LLSM): only available as staff-operated Promotional rate for JHU users only |
$180 | /hr | |
Custom Projects: Specimen Preparation, Imaging & Software Services |
FY26 Rate |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| Custom specimen preparation and imaging services (consultation meeting required) Lab supplies included, except for high-pressure freezer, for primary antibodies, and for uranyl formate See TEM Cost Models |
$300 | /hr | |
Staff-operated/staff-supervised Equipment Use |
FY26 Rate |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| Staff-operated: All microscopes, all equipment, all software Except: Lattice Light-Sheet (LLSM) |
$300 | /hr | |
| Staff-supervised, user-operated (“semi-assisted”: untrained users as part of TEM projects) | $150 | /hr | |
| Lattice Light-Sheet Microscope (LLSM): only available as staff-operated Promotional rate for JHU users only |
$300 | /hr | |
| 1Promotional rate for JHU users only |
| 2By agreements with JHUSOM, only FastForward Companies with market capitalization less than $15M qualify for discounted rates. FastForward Companies with larger market capitalization must pay full corporate rates. |
| 3After-hours access to the campus buildings must be provided by other JHMI entities. The Microscope Facility cannot assume the responsibilities implicit in providing campus access to non-JHU users. |