Biomedical Imaging Research Unit
Equipment charges for University of Auckland staff and students
The document below includes details of the user charges for all equipment currently located in the Biomedical Imaging Research Unit. The costs given only apply to University of Auckland staff and students. The charges do not include staff costs where BIRU staff members are performing work for people. Additional charges apply in these cases.
If you need a document with all charges listed, e.g. for a grant application, please download the file at the bottom of the page.
OPTICAL MICROSCOPY
Super-resolution microscopes |
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| Abberior Facility Line STED | $67.45 per hour |
| Zeiss LSM 800 Airyscan inverted | $67.45 per hour |
Confocal microscopes |
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Olympus FV1000 BX61 upright (slides) |
$56.21 per hour |
Olympus FV1000 WI upright (+ live cell imaging) |
$28.11 per hour |
Zeiss LSM 710 inverted (slides/live cell imaging) |
$56.21 per hour |
| Zeiss LSM 800 Airyscan inverted | $67.45 per hour |
Widefield microscopes |
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| Zeiss Axioplan2 upright fluorescence microscope | $11.24 per hour |
| Nikon TE2000E inverted fluorescence microscope | $11.24 per hour |
Stereo (dissecting) microscope |
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| Leica MZ16 | No charge |
Slide scanner |
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MetaSystems VSlide (brightfield/fluorescence) |
$56.21 per hour |
| Olympus SLIDEVIEW VS200 (brightfield/polarised light/phase contrast/darkfield/fluorescence) | $56.21 per hour |
High content screening system |
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Molecular Devices ImageXpress Micro XL |
$89.94 per hour |
Live cell imaging system |
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Nikon BioStation |
$11.24 per hour |
| Nanolive 3D Cell Explorer | No charge |
ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
Transmission electron microscope |
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Tecnai G2 Spirit Twin |
$56.21 per hour |
Scanning electron microscope |
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Hitachi TM3030Plus Tabletop |
$62.10 per hour |
IMAGING MASS SPECTROMETRY
Bruker UltrafleXtreme MALDI-TOF/TOF mass spectrometer |
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MALDI-MS |
$22.48 per sample |
| MALDI-TOF/TOF | $11.24 per sample |
| MALDI imaging | $140.26/million laser shots |
FLOW CYTOMETRY
| Becton Dickinson LSR II analyser | $30.51 for first 15 minutes, then $2.03/min |
Becton Dickinson FACS Aria II SORP cell sorter |
$2.62/min, plus $78.70 to set up for the day |
| Cytek Aurora CS cell sorter | $1.78/min, plus $53.54 to set up for the day |
SOFTWARE
MetaXpress/MetaMorph |
No charge |
Image-Pro Plus 3D suite |
No charge |
Amira |
No charge |
SCiLS |
No charge |
| ZEN Desk | No charge |
| Fluoview | No charge |
ImageJ/Fiji |
No charge |
SCHEDULE OF CHARGES - for grant applications
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