New instrument rates as of July 1, 2025:
|
Microscope |
Internal Yale ($/hr) |
| MINFLUX - Abberior | 60 |
| STEDYCON/Spinning Disk Confocal - Abberior/Nikon | 44 |
| Laser Scanning Confocal - Leica Stellaris 8 | 44 |
| Laser Scanning Confocal - Leica SP8 | 36 |
| Andor Spinning Disk Confocal - BC43 | 39 |
| Blaze Light Sheet - Miltenyi | 45 |
| Laser Microdissection System - Leica LMD7000 | 27 |
| Widefield - Leica Thunder Imager 3D Tissue | 26 |
| Widefield - Leica DMi8 | 21 |
| Optical Tweezers | 27 |
| Atomic Force - Asylum Research Cypher ES | 22 |
| IMARIS Image Analysis Workstation | 6 |
Free training for all users.
The Leica DMi8, Leica Thunder, and Leica LMD are charged per actual time used, the Abberior MINFLUX, Abberior/Nikon STEDYCON/SDC, Leica Stellaris 8, Leica SP8, Andor BC43, Miltenyi Blaze, AFM and the Imaris workstation are charged as ‘earlier of resereved or actual start’ until ‘later of reserved or actual end’. MINFLUX users must enlist an advanced imaging scientist of the WCIC to perform experiments on the instrument. Billing is no longer capped.
Other equipment in the Imaging Core (use free of charge):
- Inverted Fluorescence Microscope Leica DMIL LED
- Stereo Microscope Leica M125
Available software on the Imaging Core workstations (Rm 006):
- Leica LAS X software
- free LAS X core version here
- Nikon Elements software
free Viewer avaible here - Optical design software – Zemax
- Mechanical design software – Solidworks