Fees
We have membership or hourly fee options for usage of the microscopes and/or Image analysis platforms. The price list can be found below.
Microscope usage fee options:
- Membership fee (1, 3, 6 or 12 month) which covers using the microscopes one was trained on, support and access to the VDI
- Hourly fee. This option covers using the microscopes one was trained on, support but does NOT cover access to the VDI.
Image analysis platforms usage fee options: for the VDI and Remote Desktop
- Membership fee for using the VDI (1, 3, 6 or 12 month).
- Hourly fee for using the Remote Desktop.
Note that the Training and Membership fees are individual and cannot be transferred from one user to another, even from the same lab.
| 1. Training Fee (SEK) | |
|---|---|
| Training on microscopes* (including 6h free imaging) | 10800 |
| Training on specialized equipment**; *** | 1800 |
| Administration fee (mandatory for first training) | 1200 |
| Second training | 9000 |
* Widefield/spinning disk/TIRF, Confocals, light sheet, STORM
** Cost for material is not included
***Laser microdissection, Cell picker, Micropatterning, Micromanufacturing, Slide scanner, Transmitted light only
| 2. Membership Fee (SEK) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Membership duration | 12 mth | 6 mth | 3 mth | 1 mth | 2 weeks |
| Microscopes and analysis (VDI) | 25000 | 15000 | 9000 | 4000 | NA |
| Specialized equipment* | 15000 | 11000 | 8000 | 4000 | 3000 |
| Analysis only (VDI) | 6000 | 4000 | 2500 | 1500 | NA |
*Laser microdissection, Cell picker, Micropatterning, Micromanufacturing, Slide scanner
| 2. Hourly fees | ||
|---|---|---|
| Microscopes | Monday-Friday (09.00-18.00) | 300 kr/hr |
| All other hours (including weekends) | 150 kr/hr | |
| Imaging by staff | 1000 kr/hr + hourly fee for the microscope | |
| Remote Desktop | All hours | 50 kr/hr |
| LCI expertise | LCI users | Free |
| Non-LCI users | 450 kr/hr |
The booking rules can be found in the LCI guidelines.
Some of the LCI training fees give access to several microscopes:
- Nikon single point confocals training fee: 2 confocal systems (Pegasus, Dragon)
- Nikon widefield training fee: 5 widefield systems (Orion, Victor, Tweety Pegasus and Minerva), 2 TIRF systems (Pegasus and Victor) and 3 spinning disk confocal (Orion, Victor and Tweety) systems, STORM system (Pegasus)
- Zeiss confocal training fee: 1 confocal with a multiphoton option (Zeus)
- Light sheet training fee: 1 light sheet system (Aurora)