Equipment Rates & Fees

All Facilities

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Personnel Time	$70	$115	$230	$207

Valid through July 31, 2024. 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	$20.41	$34	$67	$60
Assisted	$40.80	$67	$134	$121
Training	$85	$140	$280	$252

Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) instrument

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$20.41	$34	$67	$60
Assisted	$40.80	$67	$134	$121
Training	$85	$140	$280	$252

Fluorometer with Polarization and Fluorescence Lifetime

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$20.41	$34	$67	$60
Assisted	$40.80	$67	$134	$121
Training	$85	$140	$280	$252

Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Spectrometer and Infrared Microscope

	Internal	External Non For Profit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$20.41	$34	$67	$60
Assisted	$40.80	$67	$134	$121
Training	$85	$140	$280	$252

High Pressure Liquid Chromatograph (HPLC)

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$16.50	$27	$54	$49
Assisted	$33	$54	$109	$98
Training	$85	$140	$280	$252

Isothermal Titration Calorimeter

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Approved	$20.41	$34	$67	$60
Assisted	$40.82	$67	$134	$121
Training	$85	$140	$280	$252

Liquid Chromatograph for Protein Separation (FPLC-type)

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$16.50	$27	$54	$49
Assisted	$33	$54	$109	$98
Training	$85	$140	$280	$252

Liquid Scintillation and Luminescence Counter (LSC)

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Approved	$20.41	$34	$67	$60
Assisted	$40.80	$67	$134	$121
Training	$85	$140	$280	$252

Plate Reader

	RPI User	External Not for Profit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$20.41	$34	$67	$60
Assisted	$40.80	$67	$134	$121
Training	$85	$140	$280	$252

Thermo-Gravimetric Analyzer

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$20.41	$34	$67	$60
Assisted	$40.80	$67	$134	$121
Training	$85	$140	$280	$252

UV-Visible Spectrophotometer, dual beam

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$18	$30	$59	$53
Assisted	36	$59	$118	$107
Training	$85	$140	$280	$252

X-Ray Diffractometer (XRD)

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$55	$90	$181	$163
Assisted	$110	$181	$362	$326
Training	$85	$140	$280	$252
Night-Flat Rate*	$350	$576	$1152	$1037

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	$88	$145	$290	$261
Assisted	$117	$192	$385	$347
Training	$85	$140	$210	$189

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	40.00	66.00	132.00	118.00
Assisted	60.00	99.00	197.00	178.00
Training	85.00	140.00	280.00	252.00

Rates coming soon.

Scanco Medical Viva CT40

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$95	$156	$313	$281
Assisted	$143	$235	$470	$423
Training	$80	$132	$263	$237

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	$1.15/cage
rat	$1.59/cage

Cell and Molecular Biology

Amaxa Nucleofector

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$18.60	$31	$61	$55
Assisted	$37.20	$61	$122	$110
Training	$80	$132	$263	$237

Biorad ChemiDoc XRS+ Imager

Rates are per run.
	Internal	External Not For Profit	External Industry	Ext Industry Partners
Standard (per sample)	$9.50	$16	$31	$28
Assisted	$19	$31	$63	$56
Training	$85	$140	$280	$252

Roche LightCycler 480 RT-PCR

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$26	$43	$86	$77
Assisted	$52	$86	$171	$154
Training	$85	$140	$280	$252

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	$76	$125	$250	$225
Assisted	$152	$250	$500	$450
Training	$85	$140	$280	$252

LSRII Flow Cytometer

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$66	$109	$217	$195
Assisted	$132	$217	$434	$391
Training	$85	$140	$280	$252

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	$154	$254	$508	$457
Nanopore RNA/DNA library preparation	per sample	$243	$400	$799	$720
Bioanalyzer	per chip	$65	$107	$214	$204
Qubit	per sample	$3.60	$6	$12	$11
Gel Electrophoresis	per gel	$15	$25	$49	$44
PCR-QC	per sample	$15	$25	$49	$44

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	$21	$35	$70	$63
Data QC and alignment	Reference genome mapping	per sample	$32	$53	$106	$96
RNA-Seq	RNA-Seq batch analysis (≤20 samples)	per run	$2041	$3357	$6715	$6044
	Gene expression profilling per sample	per sample	$32	$53	$106	$96
	Differential expression analysis	per project	$265	$436	$872	$785
DNA-Seq	Prokaryotic DNA-Seq batch analysis (≤20 samples)	per run	$2297	$3779	$7557	$6801
	Eukaryotic DNA-Seq batch analysis (≤20 samples)	per run	$2934	$4826	$9653	$8688
	Prokaryotic genomic variant calling	per sample	$32	$53	$106	$96
	Eukaryotic genomic variant calling	per sample	$67	$111	$221	$199
	GBS variant calling	per sample	$32	$53	$106	$96
	Variant quality assessment and filtering	per project	$531	$874	$1747	$1573
Small RNA-Seq	Small RNA-Seq batch analysis (≤20 samples)	per run	$2041	$3357	$6715	$6044
	Small RNA-Seq peak calling	per sample	$32	$53	$106	$96
	Differential expression analysis	per project	$265	$436	$872	$785
Epigenetic: protein-DNA interaction	ChIP-Seq batch analysis (≤20 samples)	per run	$2934	$4826	$9653	$8688
	ChIP-Seq analysis	per sample	$67	$111	$221	$199
	TF location and motif analysis	per project	$531	$874	$1747	$1573
Genome	Prokaryotic genome annotation	per genome	$32	$53	$106	$96
	Prokaryotic genome assembly	per genome	$32	$53	$106	$96
	Prokaryotic transcriptome assembly	per genome	$32	$53	$106	$96
Population	Population structure analysis	per project	$2654	$4366	$8732	$7859
	Population genetics parameters	per project	$2654	$4366	$8732	$7859
	Genome wide association analysis	per project	$2654	$4366	$8732	$7859
Custom	Custom downstream analysis	per hour	$75	$123	$246	$221
Server	Server monthly fee	per account	$188	$309	$619	$557

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	$3832	$6303	$12607	$11346
Minor Membership	$298	$490	$980	$882
Training	$85	$140	$280	$252
Fermentors - simple	$26	$43	$86	$77
Fermentors - complex	$64	$105	$211	$189

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 Microscope - Asylum MFP3D AFM

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$24	$39	$79	$71
Assisted	$48	$79	$158	$142
Training	$85	$140	$280	$252

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	$25	$41	$82	$74
Assisted	$50	$82	$165	$148
Training	$85	$140	$280	$252

Laser Scanning Confocal Microscope - Zeiss LSM 510 META l

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$48	$79	$158	$142
Assisted	$96	$158	$316	$284
Training	$85	$140	$280	$252

Leica CM1520 Cryostat

	RPI Users	External Not for Profit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$25	$41	$82	$74
Assisted	$50	$82	$165	$148
Training	$85	$140	$280	$252

Leica TCS SP8 STED Microscope

	RPI Users	External Non-Profit	External Industry
Standard	$62	$102	$204
Assisted	$124	$204	$408
Training	$85	$140	$280

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

	RPI Users	External Non-Profit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$46	$76	$151	$136
Assisted	$92	$151	$303	$272
Training	$85	$140	$280	$252

Olympus IX81 inverted fluorescent microscope with AFM integration capability

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$31	$51	$102	$92
Assisted	$62	$102	$204	$184
Training	$85	$140	$280	$252

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

Agilent 500 MHz Spectrometer (Cogswell)

	RPI Users	External Not for Profit	External Industry
Standard	$9.3	$15	$31
Assisted	$13.95	$23	$46
Training	$85	$140	$210

Bruker 600 MHz Spectrometer (CBIS)

	RPI Users	External Not for Profit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$10.1	$16.6	$35.5	$32.0
Assisted	$15.1	$24.9	$53.30	$48.0
Training	$85	$140	$210	$189

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	$9.3	$15.2	$30.5	$27.5
Assisted	$13.9	$22.8	$45.7	$41.1
Training	$85	$140	$210	$189

Bruker 800 MHz Spectrometer

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$13.3	$21.9	$43.7	$39.3
Assisted	$19.9	$32.9	$65.6	$59.0
Training	$85	$140	$210	$189

TECAN Freedom EVO 150 Liquid Handling Robot

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$22	$36	$72	$65
Assisted	$44	$72	$145	$130
Training	$85	$140	$280	$252

Proteomics

Bruker Autoflex Speed MALDI TOF/TOF Mass Spectrometer

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$55	$90	$154	$138
Assisted	$110	$181	$362	$326
Training	$85	$140	$280	$252

Gas Chromatograph-Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$45	$74	$148	$133
Assisted	$90	$148	$296	$266
Training	$85	$140	$280	$252

Thermo Electron TSQ Quantum Ultra

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$57	$94	$188	$169
Assisted	$114	$188	$375	$338
Training	$85	$140	$280	$252

Thermo Orbitrap Eclipse Tribrid Mass Spectrometer

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$61	$100	$201	$181
Assisted	$122	$201	$401	$361
Training	$85	$140	$280	$252
nano-UPLC MS	$71	$117	$234	$216

Thermo Scientific LTQ ORBITRAP XL

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$61	$100	$201	$181
Assisted	$122	$201	$401	$361
Training	$85	$140	$280	$252
nano-UPLC MS	$71	$117	$234	$216

Stem Cell Research

3D-Bioprinter

	RPI Users	External Not for Profit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$48	$79	$158	$142
Assisted.	$96	$158	$316	$284
Training	$85	$140	$280	$252

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	$276.50	$454.83	$909.66	$818.75

epMotion 5070 Liquid Handling System

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$27	$44	$89	$84
Assisted	$54	$89	$178	$169
Training	$85	$140	$280	$266

High Content Analysis

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard-SHORT term exp.	$60	$99	$197	$178
Standard-LONG term exp.	$456	$750	$1500	$1350
Training	$85	$140	$280	$252

Olympus IX51 Fluorescent Microscope

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$28	$46	$92	$83
Assisted	$56	$92	$184	$166
Training	$85	$140	$280	$252

Olympus VivaView

Rates are per day
	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$70	$115	$230	$207
Assisted	$140	$230	$461	$415
Training	$80	$132	$263	$237

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.