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

Analytical Ultracentrifuge (AUC)

Standard and Assisted rates are per day. Training and Personnel Time rates are hourly.
	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard EQUILIBRIUM	$83	$137	$273	$246
Standard VELOCITY	$166	$273	$546	$492
Assisted	$166	$273	$546	$492
Training	$80	$132	$263	$237

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

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$19.82	$33	$65	$59
Assisted	$39.60	$65	$130	$117
Training	$80	$132	$263	$237

Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) instrument

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$19.82	$33	$65	$59
Assisted	$39.60	$65	$130	$117
Training	$80	$132	$263	$237

Fluorometer with Polarization and Fluorescence Lifetime

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$19.82	$33	$65	$59
Assisted	$39.60	$65	$130	$117
Training	$80	$132	$263	$237

Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Spectrometer and Infrared Microscope

	Internal	External Non For Profit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$19.82	$33	$65	$59
Assisted	$39.60	$65	$130	$117
Training	$80	$132	$263	$237

High Pressure Liquid Chromatograph (HPLC)

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$14.39	$24	$47	$43
Assisted	$28.77	$47	$95	$85
Training	$69	$114	$227	$204

Isothermal Titration Calorimeter

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Approved	$17.64	$29	$58	$52
Assisted	$35.28	$58	$116	$104
Training	$69	$114	$227	$204

Liquid Chromatograph for Protein Separation (FPLC-type)

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$16	$26	$53	$47
Assisted	$32	$53	$105	$95
Training	$80	$132	$263	$237

Liquid Scintillation and Luminescence Counter (LSC)

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Approved	$19.82	$33	$65	$59
Assisted	$39.60	$65	$130	$117
Training	$80	$132	$263	$237

Plate Reader

	RPI User	External Not for Profit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$19.82	$33	$65	$59
Assisted	$39.60	$65	$130	$117
Training	$80	$132	$263	$237

Small-Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS)

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$78	$128	$257	$231
Assisted	$156	$257	$513	$462
Training	$80	$132	$263	$237

Thermo-Gravimetric Analyzer

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$19.82	$33	$65	$59
Assisted	$39.60	$65	$130	$117
Training	$80	$132	$263	$237

UV-Visible Spectrophotometer, dual beam

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$17	$28	$56	$50
Assisted	34	$56	$112	$101
Training	$80	$132	$263	$237

X-Ray Diffractometer (XRD)

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$55	$90	$181	$163
Assisted	$110	$181	$362	$326
Training	$80	$132	$263	$237
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	$85	$140	$280	$252
Assisted	$113	$186	$372	$335
Training	$80	$132	$197	$178

Long Acquisition Experiment Fees

We offer the following "long acquisition experiment" rates from 9:00pm to 7:00am: $348 for RPI users); $572 for External Academic users; $1030 for External Industrial Partners; and $1145 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
Assisted
Training

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	$1.12/cage
rat	$1.54/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)	$9.20	$15	$30	$27
Assisted	$18.40	$30	$61	$54
Training	$80	$132	$263	$237

Roche LightCycler 480 RT-PCR

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$25	$41	$82	$74
Assisted	$50	$82	$165	$148
Training	$80	$132	$263	$237

Tissue Culture Facility

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$728	$1,198	$2,395	$2,156

Trio+ 35cm x 43cm GE Typhoon

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$21.10	$35	$69	$62
Assisted	$42.20	$69	$139	$125
Training	$80	$132	$263	$237

X-Ray Film Developer

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$291	$479	$957	$862

Flow Cytometry

FACSAria Flow Cytometer

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$74	$122	$243	$219
Assisted	$148	$243	$487	$438
Training	$80	$132	$263	$237

LSRII Flow Cytometer

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$64	$105	$156	$141
Assisted	$128	$211	$313	$281
Training	$80	$132	$227	$204

Genomics

10x Genomics Chromium


Service	Unit	RPI User	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partner
10x Chromium (standard)	per run	$80	$132	$263	$237
10x Chromium (assisted)	per run	$160	$263	$526	$474

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	$63	$104	$207	$197

Bio-Rad CFX qPCR


Service	Unit	RPI User	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partner
CFX qPCR (standard)	per hour	$25	$41	$82	$74
CFX qPCR (assisted)	per hour	$50	$82	$165	$148

BluePippin DNA size selection system

Service	Unit	RPI User	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partner
BluePippin Size Selection	per chip	$98	$161	$322	$290

epMotion 5075 liquid handler


Service	Unit	RPI User	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partner
epMotion (standard)	per hour	$10	$16	$33	$30
epMotion (assisted)	per hour	$20	$33	$66	$59

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	$67	$110	$220	$198

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	$204	$336	$671	$604

Invitrogen Qubit 4 Fluorometer

Service	Unit	RPI User	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partner
Fluorometer QC	per sample	$3.5	$6	$12	$10

Library Preparation and Bioinformatics Analysis

Services

Service	Unit	RPI User	External Nonprofit	External Industry	Industrial Partners
Illumina RNA/DNA Library prep	per sample	$150	$247	$494	$444
Nanopore RNA/DNA library preparation	per sample	$236	$388	$776	$699
Bioanalyzer	per chip	$63	$104	$207	$197
Qubit	per sample	$3.50	$6	$12	$10
Gel Electrophoresis	per gel	$14	$23	$46	$41
PCR-QC	per sample	$14	$23	$46	$41

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	$20	$33	$66	$60
Data QC and alignment	Reference genome mapping	per sample	$31	$51	$102	$92
RNA-Seq	RNA-Seq batch analysis (≤20 samples)	per run	$1982	$3260	$6521	$5869
	Gene expression profilling per sample	per sample	$31	$51	$102	$92
	Differential expression analysis	per project	$257	$423	$846	$762
DNA-Seq	Prokaryotic DNA-Seq batch analysis (≤20 samples)	per run	$2230	$3668	$7337	$6603
	Eukaryotic DNA-Seq batch analysis (≤20 samples)	per run	$2849	$4687	$9373	$8436
	Prokaryotic genomic variant calling	per sample	$31	$51	$102	$92
	Eukaryotic genomic variant calling	per sample	$65	$107	$214	$193
	GBS variant calling	per sample	$31	$51	$102	$92
	Variant quality assessment and filtering	per project	$516	$849	$1698	$1529
Small RNA-Seq	Small RNA-Seq batch analysis (≤20 samples)	per run	$1982	$3260	$6521	$5869
	Small RNA-Seq peak calling	per sample	$31	$51	$102	$92
	Differential expression analysis	per project	$257	$423	$846	$762
Epigenetic: protein-DNA interaction	ChIP-Seq batch analysis (≤20 samples)	per run	$2849	$4687	$9373	$8436
	ChIP-Seq analysis	per sample	$65	$107	$214	$193
	TF location and motif analysis	per project	$516	$849	$1698	$1529
Genome	Prokaryotic genome annotation	per genome	$31	$51	$102	$92
	Prokaryotic genome assembly	per genome	$31	$51	$102	$92
	Prokaryotic transcriptome assembly	per genome	$31	$51	$102	$92
Population	Population structure analysis	per project	$2577	$4240	$8479	$7632
	Population genetics parameters	per project	$2577	$4240	$8479	$7632
	Genome wide association analysis	per project	$2577	$4240	$8479	$7632
Custom	Custom downstream analysis	per hour	$70	$115	$168	$152
Server	Server monthly fee	per account	$183	$302	$603	$543

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	$134	$220	$441	$397

QIAcuity digital PCR


Service	Unit	RPI User	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partner
QIAcuity (standard)	per hour	$25	$41	$82	$74
QIAcuity (assisted)	per hour	$50	$82	$165	$148

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	$3720	$6119	$12239	$11015
Minor Membership	$289	$475	$951	$856
Training	$80	$132	$263	$237
Fermentors - simple	$25	$41	$82	$74
Fermentors - complex	$62	$102	$204	$184

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	$16	$26	$52	$47
Complex Growth	$40	$65	$130	$117
Training	$60	$97	$194	$175

Microscopy

Atomic Force Microscope - Asylum MFP3D AFM

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$23	$38	$76	$68
Assisted	$46	$76	$151	$136
Training	$80	$132	$263	$237

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	$23	$38	$76	$68
Assisted	$46	$76	$151	$136
Training	$80	$132	$263	$237

Laser Scanning Confocal Microscope - Zeiss LSM 510 META l

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$47	$77	$155	$139
Assisted	$94	$155	$309	$278
Training	$80	$132	$263	$237

Leica CM1520 Cryostat

	RPI Users	External Not for Profit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$24	$39	$79	$71
Assisted	$48	$79	$158	$142
Training	$80	$132	$263	$237

Leica TCS SP8 STED Microscope

	RPI Users	External Non-Profit	External Industry
Standard	$60	$99	$197
Assisted	$120	$197	$395
Training	$80	$132	$263

Multiphoton Microscope - Zeiss LSM 510Meta/Multiphoton NLO

Note: If using the confocal capability ONLY, the rate will be the same as for the Zeiss Confocal.
* For the time between 8:00 pm until 8:00 am next morning (12 hours). This block of time is **only** for those experiments in which long acquisition times are needed in order to improve the quality of the data.
	RPI Users	External Not-for-Profit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard
Assisted
Training
Night-Flat Rate*

Olympus IX81 TIRF Microscope

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$30	$49	$99	$89
Assisted	$60	$99	$197	$178
Training	$80	$132	$263	$237

Optical Tweezers - MMI Laser Microdissection

	RPI Users	External Non-Profit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$45	$74	$148	$133
Assisted	$90	$148	$296	$266
Training	$80	$132	$263	$237

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

Agilent 500 MHz Spectrometer (Cogswell)

	RPI Users	External Not for Profit	External Industry
Standard	$9	$15	$30
Assisted	$13.50	$22	$44
Training	$80	$132	$197

Bruker 600 MHz Spectrometer (CBIS)

	RPI Users	External Not for Profit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$9.80	$16.20	$34.70	$29.10
Assisted	$14.80	$20.30	$43.30	$36.40
Training	$80	$132	$197	$177

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	$9.0	$14.80	$29.6	$27
Assisted	$13.5	$18.5	$37.0	$33
Training	$80	$132	$197	$177

Bruker 800 MHz Spectrometer

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$12.90	$21.30	$42.60	$38.30
Assisted	$19.40	$26.60	$53.20	$47.90
Training	$80	$132	$197	$177

TECAN Freedom EVO 150 Liquid Handling Robot

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$21	$35	$69	$62
Assisted	$42	$69	$138	$124
Training	$80	$132	$263	$237

Proteomics

Bruker Autoflex Speed MALDI TOF/TOF Mass Spectrometer

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$54	$89	$151	$136
Assisted	$108	$178	$355	$320
Training	$80	$132	$263	$237

Gas Chromatograph-Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$44	$72	$145	$130
Assisted	$88	$145	$290	$261
Training	$80	$132	$263	$237

Thermo Electron TSQ Quantum Ultra

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$55	$90	$154	$138
Assisted	$110	$181	$362	$326
Training	$80	$132	$263	$237

Thermo Scientific LTQ ORBITRAP XL

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$59	$97	$146	$131
Assisted	$118	$194	$291	$262
Training	$80	$132	$263	$237

Stem Cell Research

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Annual Fee	$2867	$4716	$9432	$8489
Myco Test	$34	$56	$112	$101
hPSC Module	$1268	$2085.86	$4171.72	$3754.55
hMSC Module	$634	$1042	$2,085.86	$1877.27

Cell & Tissue 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	$268	$442	$883	$795

Cellink BioX Bioprinter

	RPI Users	External Not for Profit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard-SHORT term exp.	$47	$77	$155	$139
Standard-LONG term exp.	$94	$155	$309	$278
Training	$80	$132	$263	$237

epMotion 5070 Liquid Handling System

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$26	$43	$86	$81
Assisted	$52	$86	$171	$163
Training	$80	$132	$263	$250

Olympus IX51 Inverted Microscope

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard	$27	$44	$89	$80
Assisted	$54	$89	$178	$160
Training	$80	$132	$263	$237

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

Thermo Scientific Cellomics ArrayScan XTI

	RPI Users	External Nonprofit	External Industry	External Industry Partners
Standard-SHORT term exp.	$58	$95	$191	$172
Standard-LONG term exp.	$443	$729	$1457	$1312
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.