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 Please note: Rates to be updated March 2025- please email us for additional information. 

Instrument Description UNC Rate ($/hour) Non-UNC Rate ($/hour)
Staff Time_Director Training and sample analysis 63 98
Staff Time_Specialist Sample analysis (Zetaview, DLS, Automated WES) 34 52
NTA Microscope Particle Metrix ZetaView 70* 109*
DLS Dynamic Light Scattering/Zeta Potential Meter 58* 90*
Multisizer Beckman Coulter Multisizer 4 Particle Counter 115* 179*
JetMixer Nova™IJM: Advanced Lipid Nanoparticle (LNP) Manufacturing 109* 169*
Microfluidics UnChained Labs Sunshine 107* 169*
ICP-MS Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass-Spectrometer 129** 201**
HPLC High Pressure Liquid Chromatography 53* 83*
GPC Gel Permeation Chromatography 82* 157*
FPLC Fast Protein Liquid Chromatography 168* 261*
WES Automatic quantitative Western Blotting System 69* 108*
FluorChem Western Blot and Gel Imager 66* 102*
Plate Reader Multi-Mode Microplate Reader (UV, Fluorescence, Luminescence) 40* 62*
UV-Vis UV-Vis Spectrometer 3* 5*
FT-IR  Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectrometer 102* 158*
TGA Thermogravimetric Analysis 155* 242*
CE Capillary Electrophoresis 95* 148*
ULT Ultracentrifuge 11* 17*
           * Instrument time only. Samples analyzed by Core personal are billed at “Assisted Use” rate (instrument time plus staff time).

           ** ICP-MS is billed at “Assisted Use” rate (instrument time plus staff time).

Researchers at other academic institutions and in industry are welcome to use our instruments and services.

                                                                   Please contact the NCore (ncore@unc.edu) for any questions/additional information.