Equipment Rates & Fees

All Facilities

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Personnel Time	$80	$132	$265	$238

Valid through July 31, 2027. Rates are hourly unless specified otherwise and are subject to change without further notice.

Analytical Biochemistry

Circular Dichroism Spectrometer (CD) with Stopped-Flow Mixing Accessory

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$22.50	$37	$74	$67
Assisted	$45	$74	$149	$134
Training	$93	$154	$308	$277

Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) instrument

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$22.50	$37	$74	$67
Assisted	$45	$74	$149	$134
Training	$93	$154	$308	$277

Fluorometer with Polarization and Fluorescence Lifetime

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$22.50	$37	$74	$67
Assisted	$45	$74	$149	$134
Training	$93	$154	$308	$277

Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Spectrometer and Infrared Microscope

	Internal	External Non For Profit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$22.50	$37	$74	$67
Assisted	$45	$74	$149	$134
Training	$93	$154	$308	$277

High Pressure Liquid Chromatograph (HPLC)

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$18.20	$30	$60	$54
Assisted	$36.40	$60	$120	$108
Training	$93	$154	$308	$277

Isothermal Titration Calorimeter

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Approved	$22.50	$37	$74	$67
Assisted	$45	$74	$149	$134
Training	$93	$154	$308	$277

Liquid Chromatograph for Protein Separation (FPLC-type)

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$18.20	$30	$60	$54
Assisted	$36.40	$60	$120	$108
Training	$93	$154	$308	$277

Liquid Scintillation and Luminescence Counter (LSC)

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Approved	$22.50	$37	$74	$67
Assisted	$45	$74	$149	$134
Training	$93	$154	$308	$277

Plate Reader

	RPI User	External Not for Profit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$22.50	$37	$74	$67
Assisted	$45	$74	$149	$134
Training	$93	$154	$308	$277

Thermo-Gravimetric Analyzer

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$22.50	$37	$74	$67
Assisted	$45	$74	$149	$134
Training	$93	$154	$308	$277

UV-Visible Spectrophotometer, dual beam

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$20	$33	$66	$60
Assisted	40	$66	$132	$119
Training	$93	$154	$308	$277

Bioimaging

Bruker 13 cm 7T Horizontal Bore MRI Scanner

Rates for phantoms and live animals are the same.
	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$92	$152	$305	$275
Assisted	$123	$204	$407	$366
Training	$93	$154	$308	$277

Long Acquisition Experiment Fees

We offer the following "long acquisition experiment" rates from 9:00pm to 7:00am: $410 for RPI users); $674 for External Academic users; $1349 for External Industrial Partners; and $1214 External Industrial users.

Please note that these rates are for one single experiment requiring long acquisition time to improve the quality of the data.

MARS Spectral CT Scanner

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	44	73	146	131
Assisted	66	109	218	197
Training	93	154	308	277

Rates coming soon.

Scanco Medical Viva CT40

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$105	$174	$348	$313
Assisted	$158	$261	$523	$471
Training	$93	$154	$308	$277

Bioresearch

Services included in per diem rates and special services offered beyond the basic per diem rate are listed below.
Species	Per diem rate
mouse	$1.27/cage
rat	$1.75/cage

Cell and Molecular Biology

Amaxa Nucleofector

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$20.40	$34	$68	$61
Assisted	$40.80	$68	$135	$122
Training	$93	$154	$308	$277

Azure Biosystems, Sapphire FL, biomolecular, IS4000

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard (per sample)	$24	$40	$79	$71
Assisted	$48	$79	$159	$143
Training	$93	$154	$308	$277

Biorad ChemiDoc XRS+ Imager

Rates are per run.
	Internal	External Not For Profit	External Industry	Ext Industry Partners
Standard (per sample)	$11	$18	$36	$33
Assisted	$22	$36	$73	$66
Training	$93	$154	$308	$277

Roche LightCycler 480 RT-PCR and Step-One Plus real-time PCR

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$28	$46	$93	$83
Assisted	$56	$93	$185	$167
Training	$93	$154	$308	$277

Tissue Culture Facility

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$750	$1,234	$2,468	$2,221

X-Ray Film Developer

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$300	$494	$987	$888

Flow Cytometry

Cytek Aurora CS Full Spectrum Sorter

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$80	$132	$265	$238
Assisted	$160	$265	$530	$477
Training	$93	$154	$308	$277

LSRII Flow Cytometer

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$69	$114	$228	$206
Assisted	$138	$228	$457	$411
Training	$93	$154	$308	$277

Genomics

10x Genomics Chromium


Service	Unit	RPI User	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partner
10x Chromium (standard)	per run	$82	$135	$270	$243
10x Chromium (assisted)	per run	$164	$270	$540	$486

Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer

Each chip runs 10 to 12 samples and requires 1ul nucleic acid per sample.
Service	Unit	RPI User	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partner
Bioanalyzer QC	per chip	$65	$107	$214	$204

Bio-Rad CFX qPCR


Service	Unit	RPI User	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partner
CFX qPCR (standard)	per hour	$26	$43	$86	$77
CFX qPCR (assisted)	per hour	$52	$86	$171	$154

BluePippin DNA size selection system

Service	Unit	RPI User	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partner
BluePippin Size Selection	per chip	$101	$166	$332	$299

epMotion 5075 liquid handler


Service	Unit	RPI User	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partner
epMotion (standard)	per hour	$27	$44	$89	$80
epMotion (assisted)	per hour	$54	$89	$178	$160

Illumina iSeq 100

Customers are encouraged to purchase kits on their own and arrange adequate shipping to the core facility for sequencing.
Service	Unit	RPI User	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partner
Sequencing	per run	$69	$114	$227	$204

Illumina NextSeq 550

The sequencing reagent kit price varies based on read length (cycle number) and output mode. Please check the Kit Choice Table above for details and a side-by-side comparison. Customers are encouraged to purchase kits on their own and arrange adequate shipping to the core facility for sequencing.
Service	Unit	RPI User	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partner
Sequencing	per run	$210	$345	$691	$622

Invitrogen Qubit 4 Fluorometer

Service	Unit	RPI User	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partner
Fluorometer QC	per sample	$3.60	$6	$12	$11

Library Preparation and Bioinformatics Analysis

Services

Service	Unit	RPI User	External Nonprofit	External Industry	Industrial Partners
Illumina RNA/DNA Library prep	per sample	$162	$268	$536	$483
Nanopore RNA/DNA library preparation	per sample	$268	$444	$887	$798
Bioanalyzer (no reagents included)	per hour	$20	$33	$66	$63
Qubit	per sample	$4	$7	$13	$12
Gel Electrophoresis	per gel	$17	$28	$56	$51
PCR-QC (includes reagents)	per sample	$26	$43	$86	$77

Analysis

DATA files will not be stored beyond 6 months
Category	Service	Unit	RPI User	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partner
Data QC and alignment	Barcode deconvolution, quality assessment and read clean-up	per sample	$23	$39	$77	$70
Data QC and alignment	Reference genome mapping	per sample	$36	$60	$120	$108
RNA-Seq	RNA-Seq batch analysis (≤20 samples)	per run	$2250	$3724	$7448	$6703
	Gene expression profilling per sample	per sample	$36	$60	$120	$108
	Differential expression analysis	per project	$292	$484	$967	$871
DNA-Seq	Prokaryotic DNA-Seq batch analysis (≤20 samples)	per run	$2533	$4192	$8384	$7546
	Eukaryotic DNA-Seq batch analysis (≤20 samples)	per run	$3235	$5354	$10,708	$9637
	Prokaryotic genomic variant calling	per sample	$36	$60	$120	$108
	Eukaryotic genomic variant calling	per sample	$74	$123	$245	$221
	GBS variant calling	per sample	$36	$60	$120	$108
	Variant quality assessment and filtering	per project	$586	$970	$1940	$1746
Small RNA-Seq	Small RNA-Seq batch analysis (≤20 samples)	per run	$2041	$3357	$6715	$6044
	Small RNA-Seq peak calling	per sample	$36	$60	$120	$108
	Differential expression analysis	per project	$292	$484	$967	$871
Epigenetic: protein-DNA interaction	ChIP-Seq batch analysis (≤20 samples)	per run	$3235	$5354	$10,708	$9637
	ChIP-Seq analysis	per sample	$74	$123	$245	$221
	TF location and motif analysis	per project	$586	$970	$1940	$1746
Genome	Prokaryotic genome annotation	per genome	$36	$60	$120	$108
	Prokaryotic genome assembly	per genome	$36	$60	$120	$108
	Prokaryotic transcriptome assembly	per genome	$36	$60	$120	$108
Population	Population structure analysis	per project	$2926	$4843	$9686	$8718
	Population genetics parameters	per project	$2926	$4843	$9686	$8718
	Genome wide association analysis	per project	$2926	$4843	$9686	$8718
Custom	Custom downstream analysis	per hour	$80	$132	$265	$239
Server	Server monthly fee	per account	$207	$343	$685	$617

Oxford Nanopore MinION

Customers are encouraged to purchase kits on their own and arrange adequate shipping to the core facility for sequencing.
Service	Unit	RPI User	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partner
Sequencing	per run	$138	$227	$454	$409

QIAcuity digital PCR


Service	Unit	RPI User	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partner
QIAcuity (standard)	per hour	$26	$43	$86	$77
QIAcuity (assisted)	per hour	$52	$86	$171	$154

Microbiology and Fermentation

Membership rate is per **year** and per **group** ($). The hourly rate for the Full Core is $22, plus additional training. The training rate is per **hour**.
	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Full Membership	$4225	$6992	$13985	$12586
Minor Membership	$396	$655	$1311	$1180
Training	$93	$154	$308	$277
Fermentors - simple	$30	$50	$99	$89
Fermentors - complex	$70	$116	$232	$209

Fermentors/Bioreactors

Use of the bioreactors is not included in the monthly fees and is charged separately as shown. Basic Growth and Complex Growth rates are **daily;** training and Personnel Time rates are **hourly**.
	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Basic Growth	$25	$41	$82	$74
Complex Growth	$62	$102	$204	$184
Training	$80	$132	$263	$237

Microscopy

Atomic Force Macroscope – Oxford Instrument, Asylum Cypher S

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$26	$43	$86	$77
Assisted	$52	$86	$172	$155
Training	$93	$154	$308	$277

Atomic Force Microscope - Asylum MFP3D AFM

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$26	$43	$86	$77
Assisted	$52	$86	$172	$155
Training	$93	$154	$308	$277

Critical CO2 Freeze Dryer

Rates are per run and are subject to change without further notice.
	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$31	$51	$103	$92
Assisted	$62	$103	$205	$185
Training	$93	$154	$308	$277

Laser Scanning Confocal Microscope - Zeiss LSM 510 META l

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$53	$88	$175	$158
Assisted	$106	$175	$351	$316
Training	$93	$154	$308	$277

Leica CM1520 Cryostat

	RPI Users	External Not for Profit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$27	$45	$89	$80
Assisted	$54	$89	$179	$161
Training	$93	$154	$308	$277

Leica TCS SP8 STED Microscope

	RPI Users	External Non-Profit	External Industry
Standard	$68	$113	$225
Assisted	$136	$225	$450
Training	$93	$154	$308

Olympus IX-71 Inverted Widefield Fluorescence Microscope for Spatial Genomics and Histology

	RPI Users	External Non-Profit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$50	$83	$166	$149
Assisted	$100	$166	$331	$298
Training	$93	$154	$308	$277

Olympus IX81 inverted fluorescent microscope with AFM integration capability

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$35	$58	$116	$104
Assisted	$70	$116	$232	$209
Training	$93	$154	$308	$277

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

Agilent 500 MHz Spectrometer (Cogswell)

	RPI Users	External Not for Profit	External Industry
Standard	$10.30	$17	$34
Assisted	$15.45	$26	$51
Training	$93	$154	$308

Bruker 600 MHz Spectrometer (CBIS)

	RPI Users	External Not for Profit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$11.1	$18.4	$39.4	$33.2
Assisted	$16.7	$27.6	$59.1	$49.8
Training	$93	$154	$308	$277

Bruker 600 MHz Spectrometer (Cogswell)

Coming Soon.

Bruker 600 MHz Wide-Bore Spectrometer and MRI Scanner

	RPI Users	External Not for Profit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$10.3	$17.0	$34.1	$31
Assisted	$15.4	$25.5	$51.1	$46
Training	$93	$154	$308	$277

Bruker 800 MHz Spectrometer

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$14.7	$24.3	$48.7	$43.8
Assisted	$22.1	$36.5	$73.0	$65.7
Training	$93	$154	$308	$277

TECAN Freedom EVO 150 Liquid Handling Robot

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$24	$40	$79	$71
Assisted	$48	$79	$159	$143
Training	$93	$154	$308	$277

Proteomics

Bruker Autoflex Speed MALDI TOF/TOF Mass Spectrometer

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$59	$98	$166	$149
Assisted	$118	$195	$391	$352
Training	$93	$154	$308	$277

Gas Chromatograph-Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$49	$81	$162	$146
Assisted	$98	$162	$324	$292
Training	$93	$154	$308	$277

Thermo Electron TSQ Quantis Plus

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$63	$104	$209	$188
Assisted	$126	$209	$417	$375
Training	$93	$154	$308	$277

Thermo Orbitrap Eclipse Tribrid Mass Spectrometer

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$67	$111	$222	$200
Assisted	$134	$222	$444	$399
Training	$93	$154	$308	$277

Thermo Scientific LTQ ORBITRAP XL

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$67	$111	$222	$200
Assisted	$134	$222	$444	$399
Training	$93	$154	$308	$277
nano-UPLC MS	$71	$118	$235	$212

Stem Cell Research

3D-Bioprinter

	RPI Users	External Not for Profit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$53	$88	$175	$158
Assisted.	$106	$175	$351	$316
Training	$93	$154	$308	$277

Cell Culture Facility

Rates are per person, per year. Minimum billing unit is one month.
	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Monthly Fee (per person)	$305	$505	$1,009	$908

epMotion 5070 Liquid Handling System

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$29	$48	$96	$91
Assisted	$58	$96	$192	$182
Training	$93	$154	$308	$292

EVOS 700 Cell Imaging System

	RPI Users	External Not for Profit	External Industry
Standard	$35	$58	$116
Training	$93	$154	$308

High Content Analysis

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard-SHORT term exp.	$66	$109	$218	$197
Standard-LONG term exp.	$503	$832	$1,665	$1,498
Training	$93	$154	$308	$277

Olympus IX51 Fluorescent Microscope

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$30	$50	$99	$89
Assisted	$60	$99	$199	$179
Training	$93	$154	$308	$277

Olympus VivaView

Rates are per day
	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$40	$66	$132	$119
Assisted	80	$132	$265	$238
Training	$93	$154	$308	$277

Required Acknowledgement and Authorship

Please acknowledge the CBIS Core Facilities in all publications and grant applications where our equipment and/or personnel have facilitated the work. These acknowledgements are very important because documenting our contributions helps to ensure that the resources of the Core Facilities are sustainable.

Equipment: If you used Core Facility equipment, please note this in the Materials and Methods. e.g., Thermogravimetric analysis was carried out using a TA Instruments TGA-Q50 (Rensselaer CBIS Analytical Biochemistry Core Facility).
Personnel: Please consider including CBIS personnel as co-authors on your publications when they have made a significant intellectual contribution to the research. Include CBIS Core Facility directors or staff as co-PI or co-investigators in grant applications when they provide a significant contribution to the grant proposal and scientific/intellectual leadership for the proposed work. Please follow these guidelines: ABRF Recommended Guidelines for Authorship on Manuscripts. Also, our Core Facility personnel always appreciate when they are mentioned in the Acknowledgements section of publications.
Required Funding Authorization Form: Rensselaer researchers must fill out the CBIS Cores Authorization Form (PDF) to use the CBIS Core Facilities.