Harvard Center for Biological Imaging
FY2023/24 Fee Schedule
(July 1, 2022 -June 30, 2024)
Base rate: hourly rate for experiments lasting 8 hours or less as determined by the researcher's cumulative hourly usage of HCBI microscopes (excludes Workstations and X-Clarity tissue clearing system usage) during the current fiscal year (July 1 -June 30). This is a volume discounting rate structure where hourly fees decrease the more the facility is used.
Time-Lapse Discount: experiments lasting longer than 8 hours will be charged the base rate for hours 0-8; hours thereafter will be billed at the time-lapse discount hourly rate.
TIER I Microscopes:
Z7 Lightsheet, TruLive 3D Lightsheet, 2-Photon, LSM confocals (except 700), ELYRA, Spinning Disk
TIER II Microscopes:
LSM 700 confocal, Axio Scans, Axio Zoom, Cell Discoverer, PALM
Internal Users (requires payment via 33-digit Harvard billing code)
| Tier | Rate (first 70 hours of usage) | Rate (hours 71-140) | Rate (hours>140) | Time-Lapse Discount |
| I | $50.00 | $40.00 | $30.00 | $5.00 |
| II | $30.00 | $20.00 | $10.00 | $5.00 |
Users from Harvard Affiliated Institutions & Hospitals
| Tier | Rate (first 70 hours of usage) | Rate (hours 71-140) | Rate (hours>140) | Time-Lapse Discount |
| I | $75.00 | $65.00 | $55.00 | $20.00 |
| II | $50.00 | $40.00 | $30.00 | $10.00 |
All External Users
| Tier | Rate (first 70 hours of usage) | Rate (hours 71-140) | Rate (hours>140) | Time-Lapse Discount |
| I | $100.00 | $80.00 | $60.00 | $30.00 |
| II | $80.00 | $60.00 | $40.00 | $20.00 |
MERSCOPE Spatial Transcriptomics System
| All Non-Profit Users |
| $150/day |
X-Clarity Tissue Clearing System
| All Users |
| $50/24hrs* |
3-day Workshop
| Harvard and Harvard affiliate: $250 |
| External Academic and Commercial: $450 |
*includes 1L of ETC solution.
Rates subject to change as necessary to comply with HU Service Center Policy.
Fees are billed according to reserved time in SPINAL, the login/logout timestamp on the microscope acquisition computer, or combination thereof (whichever is longer). Reservations can be cancelled up to 15 minutes in advance. No shows are billed at the full rate. Microscope damage/misuse is billable above hourly rates.