The following user fees have been set based on benchmarking against similar instruments at other research facilities in Australia:
Analysers - $50/hour
Instruments include BD Symphony A3, BD LSRFortessa SORP, BD LSRFortessa-X20, BD FACS Canto II, Cytek® Aurora and Invitrogen Attune NxT
Analysers DLS and NTA - $35/hour
Instruments include Malvern DLS Zetasizer Ultra, NanoSight NS300 and the Zetaview
Cell Sorters - $110/hour Operator Assisted and $70 Unassisted - minimum one hour booking
Instruments include Cytek® Aurora-CS, BD FACSMelody and BD FACSAria III
Commercial use of Analysers is charged at $100/hour and Cell Sorting is charged at $220/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.
Specialised equipment like ALS CellCelector and the Deformability Cytometer AcCellerator had variable charge depending on the project. Contact the facility for pricing.
