Current and Future Shared Instrumentation Facility Users

At the request of the Head of the Department of Biology, the Biology Shared Instrumentation Facility (SIF), located in BSBW 017, will institute a charge-back policy for use of the facility instrumentation effective April 1, 2007. Since much of the equipment in the facility (including all of the imaging tools) has been purchased and/or maintained by Biological Clocks P01 grant funds, a policy has been developed for differential charging to facility users (see policy below). SIF usage charges are paid by invoice via a transfer of funds to a Biology SIF account. Invoices will be mailed to users on a quarterly cycle (January, April, July, October). Charge back fees will be used to support SIF infrastructure.

SIF Charge-Back Policy (Imaging Core):

Applicable equipment:

Zeiss Microscope and Imaging System
Photometric LN-Camera and Imaging System
Olympus Microscope and Imaging System
Cryostat

Personnel of laboratories affiliated with the Center for Research on Biological Clocks are exempt from usage charges associated with the SIF Imaging facilities.

Department of Biology researchers have two options:

1. Major user labs can support the SIF from extramural or other funds at $500 per year and pay no hourly charge backs.
2. Minor user labs, that choose not to pay an annual fee, are charged a rate of $5 per hour for facility use.

Researchers from outside the Department of Biology are charged at rate of $20 per hour for facility use.

SIF Charge-Back Policy (Genomics Core):

ABI 7500 Fast Real-Time PCR System

Biology Personnel: $7.50/run
Non-Biology Personnel: $15.00/run

Fujifilm BAS-5000 Phosphoimaging System

Biology Personnel: $.50/min
Non-Biology Personnel: $1.00/min

Terry Thomas and Mark Zoran
Co-Directors, Biology Shared Instrumentation Facility