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Please note: Rates to be updated in mid-2026 — please email us for additional information. 

Final charges may vary based on sample preparation time and analysis requirements.

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 ([email protected]) for any questions/additional information.