The Integrated Microscopy and Microanalytical Facility

Department of Chemistry, C. Emerson Bldg. Emory University
1515 Dickey Dr. Atlanta, GA 30322


RATES FOR MICROSCOPY SERVICES   


The IM&MF performs all services on an hourly, and not a by-specimen, basis. The services are available to everyone in the scientific community. Emory University College of Arts and Sciences supports the IM&MF in C. Emerson Hall and publishes a rate for all Emory Users. These users include Emory Medical School and the Joint Program in Biomedical Engineering with Georgia Tech.


Internal User Costs are:
  • Specimen Preparation $50/hour
  • Cryo-Specimen Preparation $70/hour
  • High Pressure Freezing $80/hour
  • Scope Time $80/hour
  • Cryoscope Time $100/hr
  • Training $80/hr
  • Self Beam $40/hr
  • Self Prep $25/hr

    External User Costs are:
  • Specimen Preparation $85/hour
  • Cryo-Specimen Preparation $105/hour
  • Scope Time $135/hour
  • Cryo-ScopeTime $155/hour
  • High Pressure Freezing $135/hour


**The IM&MF is one of two or three labs in the USA that performs In-Lens CRYO High Resolution SEM of Biomolecules.

++Several TEM methodologies that include immunocytochemistry and negative staining are available

The project form can be downloaded here iin Word format