All users of the NIC@HMS who are being trained to use a microscope for the first time will be charged a training fee. For training on the basic imaging stations the charge is $100. For training on any of the confocal, TIRF, or live cell imaging stations the charge is $200. This one-time (per microscope) training fee is in addition to any hourly rates that might apply to a particular user.

The Departments of Cell Biology, Systems Biology and BCMP subsidize use of the equipment in the NIC@HMS for all members of these two departments, therefore no fees will be charged to these individual users with the exception of the one-time training fee.

Members of the other Basic Sciences Departments on the Harvard Medical School Quadrangle will be charged $25 per half hour of scheduled use of image acquisition equipment in the NIC@HMS. If the time scheduled for use of the equipment is longer than the actual time the equipment is used, fees will be assessed based on the scheduled time.

Harvard Medical School Affiliates will be charged $50 per half hour of scheduled use of our Nikon 80i upright fluorescence microscope workstation. Affiliates will be charged $100 per half hour of scheduled use of the Nikon C1 laser scanning confocal. These two imaging stations are currently the only stations available for use by Harvard Medical School Affiliates.

The Departments of Cell Biology, Systems Biology and BCMP charge these fees for training and use of the image acquisition stations in the NIC@HMS to defray operating costs.

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