User Fees and Policies

For 2008-2009 the fees are:

Service

Cancer Center Member-major user

Cancer Center Member

Non Cancer Member

Private Sector User

Service contract

$2500/yr

0

0

0

Data Collection

$10 /hr

$25 /hr

$35 /hr

$50/hr

Crystallization

 

 

 

 

access per quarter

0

$100

$250

$500

Alchemist (block w/own reagents and supplies)

$2

$2

$4

$50

Alchemist (block w/facility reagents and supplies)

≥$30

≥$30

≥$50

≥$75

Phoenix (tray w/own reagents and supplies)

$2

$2

$4

$50

Phoenix (tray w/facility reagents and supplies)

~$16

~$16

~$32

~$64

Minstrel per image

$2

$2

$4

$10

Materials at cost

 

 

 

 

Labor for service

cost

cost

cost

$50/hr

Crystal Screening

$250 / half day

$250 / half day

$500 / half day

$1500 / half day

Beamline usage

 

 

 

 

Crystal screening

$25

$25

$25

N/A

Data set

$100

$100

$100

N/A

*Price are subject to change

  • Access to facility by other faculty, staff, postdoc and students: Facility open to all UCHSC faculty, staff, postdocs and students, but need approval of the X-ray facility steering committee to arrange details.

Services Currently Provided

  • Project design and consultation: Assistance with starting projects includes advice on protein expression and purification, and crystallization. Until now these services have been provided in direct collaboration with the primary users. Since the manager has just become available, these services will be more broadly available to all members of the cancer center.
  • Crystallization screening: Facilities for setting up crystal growth trays is available.
  • Screening crystals: Crystal (diffraction) screening is available.
  • Data collection: Data collection service is available.