Rates
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.