Rates

The rates listed below are for OSU users. Rates for other educational institutions are 50% higher, and rates for industry are 100% higher. We offer free technical help for first-time pilot genomic or microscopy experiments for in-house users.

Microscopy

Transmission Electron Microscopy  
TEM use (User operated) $ 40.00/hour
TEM use (MCIC operated) $ 50.00/hour
TEM sample preparation (resin embedding) $ 70.00/sample
TEM negative staining (User operated) $ 8.00/sample
TEM negative staining (MCIC operated) $ 12.00/sample
TEM negative staining and imaging $ 70.00/sample
Ultramicrotome (sectioning by MCIC staff) $ 14.00/hour
Formvar and carbon-coated copper grids $ 6.00/grid
Scanning Electron Microscopy  
SEM use (User operated) $ 40.00/hour
SEM use (MCIC operated) $ 50.00/hour
SEM sample preparation  $ 30.00/sample
Microscopy-Critical Point Drying $ 20.00/hour
Platinum sputter coating $ 12.00/hour
Light microscopy sample preparation (LR embedding) $ 50.00/sample
Confocal microscope use (User operated) $ 35.00/hour
Confocal microscope (MCIC-operated) $ 45.00/hour
Epifluorescent microscope (User-operated) $ 8.00/hour
Epifluorescent microscope (MCIC-operated) $ 12.00/hour
Microscopy-Laser Capture Microdissection  $ 5.00/hour
Cryo-ultramicrotome (sectioning by user)  
Laser Capture Microdissection  
Cryojane cryotome  
Consultation  
Consultation and technical help (OSU user-only) $25/hour
Consultation and technical help (Industrial user-only) $ 100.00/hour
Training on the instrumentation (non-OSU users only) $ 15.00/hour

Molecular Biology

   
   
Illumina "NextSeq" sequencing  
300M reads flow-cell P2,        600 bases, 180Gb $ 4,700.00
400M reads flow-cell P2 (v3), 300 bases, 120Gb $ 4,200.00
400M reads flow-cell P2 (v3), 200 bases, 80Gb $ 3,300.00
400M reads flow-cell P2 (v3), 100 bases, 40Gb $ 1,800.00
100M reads flow-cell P1,         600 bases, 60Gb $ 2,300.00
100M reads flow-cell P1,         300 bases, 30Gb $ 1,600.00
100M reads flow-cell P1,         100 bases, 10Gb $ 1,200.00
Illumina "MiSeq" sequencing  
25M reads (standard) flow-cell v3, 600 bases, 15Gb $ 2,300.00
25M reads (standard) flow-cell v3, 150 bases, 3.8Gb $ 1,650.00
15M reads (standard) flow-cell v2, 500 bases, 8.5Gb $ 2,200.00
15M reads (standard) flow-cell v2, 300 bases, 5.1Gb $ 1,750.00
15M reads (standard) flow-cell v2, 50 bases,   850Mb $ 1,350.00
4M reads (micro) flow-cell v2, 300 bases,        1.2Gb $ 900.00
1M reads (nano) flow-cell, 500 bases,              500Mb $ 800.00
1M reads (nano) flow-cell, 300 bases,              300Mb $ 700.00
PhiX spike $ 60.00
Sample Preparation  
DNA normalization $ 100.00/plate
Illumina library preparation  
Genomic or mRNA-Seq libraries (1 to 96 libraries) $ 140.00/sample
Genomic or mRNA-Seq libraries (96 and over libraries) $ 130.00/sample
SmallRNA, RAD, GBS, ddRAD libraries or prokaryote mRNA-Seq ask for a quote
16S, ITS ribosomal gene amplicons (8 to 48 libraries) $ 20.00/sample
16S, ITS ribosomal gene amplicons (over 48 samples) $ 16.00/sample
HT plexWell, (96 samples) $ 2,500/plate
HT LP plexWell  (4x96 samples) $ 2,400/plate
MinION sequencing  
Genomic library preparation ask for a quote
MinION sequencing $1,300.00/run
Fluidigm Access Array System  
Fluidigm amplicon generation - 48 samples $ 1,400.00
Molecular biology equipment  
Eppendorf EPmotion liquid handler $ 30.00/hour
Real-time PCR (Bio-Rad CFX96 Touch), user-supplied reagents $ 30.00/run
QuBit $ 3.50/reaction
Covaris DNA shearing  $ 7.50/sample
Pippin size selection $ 30.00/sample
Agilent 4200 TapeStation $ 8.50/sample
Bio-Rad Qx200 ddPCR, reactions for 96 samples $ 750.00/plate
Bio-Rad Qx200 ddPCR, reactions for 48 samples $ 400.00/half plate
Bio-Rad Qx200 ddPCR, plater reader, and reading oil for 96 samples $ 100.00/plate
Bio-Rad Qx200 ddPCR, plater reader, and reading oil for 48 samples $ 50.00/half plate
Consultation  
Consultation and technical help (OSU user-only) Free of charge
Consultation and technical help (Industrial user-only) $ 100.00/hour
Training on the instrumentation (non-OSU users) $ 35.00/hour

Columbus Equipment

LC-MS/MS (column provided by client) $50/hour or $20 per sample
UPLC (column provided by client) $60/hour or $22 per sample
Other equipment usage Contact Stephen

 

Bioinformatics

Bioinformatics membership (6 months) $ 600
Consultation and training (non-members only) $ 50/hour