The following user fees have been set based on benchmarking against similar instruments at other research facilities in Australia:
Analysers - $40/hour
Instruments include BD LSRFortessa SORP, BD FACS Canto II, BD FACSVerse, Malvern DLS Zetasizer
Cell Sorters - $100/hour Operator Assisted and $60 Unassisted (BD FACSAria IIu only) - minimum one hour booking
Instruments include BD Influx, BD FACS Jazz and BD FACS Aria IIu
Commercial use of Analysers is charged at $80/hour and Cell Sorting is charged at $200/hour
All billing is done monthly and sent to the program account listed under the project of the user when registering via the BRIL Flow Cytometry home page.
The BRIL Flow Cytometry Facility provides the following free of charge; training, support for up to 3 sessions and consumables including 40µm mesh filter 5ml polypropylene tubes
NB: BRIL access rates will increase at 4% p.a. from 2020
