Fees
Training fees and microscope usage options
We have membership or hourly fee options for usage of the microscopes and/or Image analysis platforms.
Microscope usage fee options
- The membership fee (1, 3, 6 or 12 months) covers using the microscopes one has been trained on, support and access to the VDI
- The hourly fee covers using the microscopes one has been trained on, support but does not cover access to the VDI
Image analysis platforms usage fee options (VDI and Remote Desktop)
- Membership fee for using the VDI (1, 3, 6 or 12 month)
- Hourly fee for using the Remote Desktop
Please note that the training and membership fees are individual and cannot be transferred from one user to another, even from the same lab.
Training fees (SEK)
| Service/type of training | Fee |
|---|---|
| Microscopes* | 10800 |
| Specialised equipment ** | 2800 |
| Administrative fee (mandatory for first training) | 1200 |
| Second training | 9000 |
| Application training*** | 6000 |
* Widefield, spinning disk, TIRF, confocals, light sheet. Includes 6 hrs free imaging the week after the training
** Cost for material not included. Laser micro-dissection, micropatterning, micromanufacturing, slide scanner, transmitted light imaging, colour camera imaging only
*** On any microscope (exception is Aurora) when the trainee is following an already established pipeline
Membership fees (SEK)
| Service/equipment | 12 months | 6 months | 3 months | 1 month | 2 weeks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microscopes and analysis (VDI) | 30000 | 17000 | 9000 | 4000 | NA |
| Specialised equipement* | 15000 | 11000 | 8000 | 4000 | 3000 |
| Analysis only (VDI) | 6000 | 4000 | 2500 | 1500 | NA |
* Laser microdissection, micropatterning, micromanufactering, slide scanner
Hourly fees (SEK)
| Service/equipment | Hourly fee | |
|---|---|---|
| Microscopes | Mon-Fri 09:00-18:00 (office hours) | 330 |
| Microscopes | Outside office hours (including weekends) | 165 |
| Imaging by staff | 1000 (+ hourly fee for microscope) | |
| Remote Desktop | All hours | 50 |
| LCI expertise consultation | For LCI users | Free |
| LCI expertise consultation | For non LCI users | 450 |
NB! Companies pay double the price listed in the tables, plus 25 percent VAT.
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, DeepSIM (Orion)
- Light sheet training fee: 1 light sheet system (Aurora)
- Micropatterning and microfabrication with PRIMO (Tweety)
- Laser microdissection (Minerva)