The UBC Bioimaging facility is a fee-for-service facility. The price information below is for Academic users. For Industry users, please visit www.imaginglabs.ubc.ca.
| Equipment | Item | Price for Academic Users | Unit | |
| Electron Microscopy | SEM - Hitachi S2600 SEM | $40.00 | hour | |
| FE-SEM - Zeiss Crossbeam 350 | $66.00 | hour | ||
| FIB milling - Zeiss Crossbeam 350 | $75.00 | hour | ||
| Cryo-SEM session | $550.00 | day | ||
| Cryo-FIB session | $675.00 | day | ||
| 120kV TEM- FEI Tecnai Spirit | $66.00 | hour | ||
| 200kV TEM - FEI Tecnai G20 | $75.00 | hour | ||
| 200kV Cryo-TEM session | $625.00 | day | ||
| Optical Microscopy | Olympus Stereo Microscope | $15.00 | hour | |
| Olympus BX53 widefield microscope | $15.00 | hour | ||
| Olympus FV1000 Confocal Microscope | $40.00 | hour | ||
| Olympus FV1000 with multiphoton | $66.00 | hour | ||
| Spinning disc PerkinElmer w/ volocity | $40.00 | hour | ||
| Spinning disc PerkinElmer after hours w/ volocity | $26.40 | hour | ||
| Sample Preparation | High-pressure freezing | $70 | day | |
| Vitrobot | $121.00 | each | ||
| AFS2 Cryo Unit (Automated Freeze Substitution Machine) | $52.80 | day | ||
| Cryo Ultramicrotomy | $275.00 | day | ||
| Microtome | $26.40 | hour | ||
| Microwave | $13.20 | hour | ||
| Critical Point Drying | $3.20 | pound | ||
| Carbon Coating | $19.80 | each | ||
| Sputter Coating | $6.00 | nm | ||
| Processing for SEM w/o CPD | $20.50 | sample | ||
| Processing for TEM | $26.40 | sample | ||
| Processing for TEM w/ HM20 | $55.00 | sample | ||
| Leica VT1000 Vibratome | $13.20 | hour | ||
| Computer | Image Processing | AMIRA and Dragonfly Software | $13.20 | hour |
| Volocity Software Monthly Charges | $13.20 | hour | ||
| FEI Inspect3D Software | $13.20 | hour | ||
| Tech Assistance | Tech Assistance | $66.00 | hour | |
| Sectioning by BIF Staff | $96.80 | block |
Updated April 2023