Imaging User Fees
Minimum fees are being collected to cover the operating expenses and service contracts.
We charge to grants monthly, and send a summary every 3 months:
- April
- July
- October
- January
Reservations Policies for BCCHR Imaging Facility
The maximum reservation for image acquisition is 6 hours for BX61 and SP5 II. Analysis on BX61 is only limited to 1h/user/day - analysis for longer than 1 hour will be charged at self-serve rates. Live-cell imaging on Leica SP5 II does not have any limit for image acquisition.
The BCCHR Imaging Core implements a policy to prevent users from overbooking and limiting access to others.
Any booking cancelled within 24 h (late cancellation), and any booking without detected CAR sign-in by the booker during the booked time window (no shows), will be billed 50% of the booking time.
This does not apply to "Self Serve" of HCS Image Acquisition or "Self Serve Wide Field Live" or "Self Serve Confocal Live" Imaging of SP5 as we understand live cells experiments may be unpredictable.
We will issue a warning to users with frequent late cancellations or no shows, and if it continues to occur, we will inform the PI.