Facility User Fees
The Imaging Facility provides access to equipment on a user-cost basis. Users are required to book equipment in advance through our equipment booking system or you may contact us directly via telephone or email to reserve equipment in advance. Mandatory training is required for all users prior to the use of new equipment.
| SickKids Internal Rates (per hour) | External Rates (per hour) | |
| $18.00 | Zeiss Confocal #1 (MaRS) | $26.00 |
| $18.00 | Zeiss Confocal #2 | $26.00 |
| $18.00 | Zeiss Confocal #3 | $26.00 |
| $18.00 | Structured Illumination Microscope | $25.00 |
| $15.00 | Two Photon Laser | $22.00 |
| $21.00 | Spinning Disk Confocals | $29.00 |
| $21.00 | Olympus TIRF/FLIM system |
$29.00 |
| $18.00 | Epifluorescence Microscope/TIRF | $25.00 |
| $15.00 | Fluor Microscope w/Laser Scissors (MaRS) | $22.00 |
| $12/hr or TBD | Histology/Long Term Imaging Microscope | $17/hr or TBD |
| $4/slide (BF) or $10/slide (FL) | Zeiss Mirax Scan | $5/slide (BF) or $12/slide (FL) |
| $9.00/hr | Leica Fluorescence Steromicroscope | $13/hr |
| $60/hr | Training Fees | $60/hr |
| - | Confocal Workstation | - |
| - | Volocity Workstation #1 | - |
| - | Volocity Workstation #2 | - |
| - | Volocity Workstation #3 (MaRS) | - |
| - | Volocity Workstation #4 (MaRS) | - |
| - | Fluorescence Plate Reader | - |
| - | Visible Plate Reader | - |
| $15.00 | Laser Capture | $22.00 |
| $35.00 | Real Time PCR 7900 | $35.00 |
| $80.00 | Real Time PCR 7900 - Training | $80.00 |
| - | ECL Chemifluorescence | - |
| - | Storm Phosphoimager | - |
| $6/slide (BF) or $15/slide (FL) | Zeiss Mirax Scan over size samples |
$7.50/slide (BF) or $18/slide (FL) |