Prices

Prices for CMIC ALM (valid from 08. february 2025).

Prices for CMIC Histology will be updated shortly.

IMPORTANT: Please contact us for updated prices regarding future applications, etc.

Price list 2025 CMIC ALM

Advanced light microscopy lab

Advanced light microscopy lab – Price list
EQUIPMENT	External	Internal
EVOS FL Auto Cell Imaging System	100	60	/hour
EVOS FL Auto Cell Imaging System 2	120	80	/hour
Olympus IX71 fluorescence microscope	120	60	/hour
Olympus Scan^R Screening Station	120	60	/hour
Zeiss LSM 510 META	330	165	/hour
Zeiss LSM 510 META Live	330	165	/hour
Zeiss Laser TIRF 3	400	200	/hour
Leica SP8 (BSL3 lab)	450	220	/hour
Leica SP8 STED 3X	600	300	/hour
Zeiss 880 Airyscan	600	300	/hour
Nikon Crest V3 spinning disk confocal	700	350	/hour
TRAINING/ASSISTANCE
Instrument user training	(*)	(*)	/hour
Technical assistance	550	550	/hour
IMAGE ANALYSIS (**)
Initial Consultation and Prototyping (~2h Dev) (***)	Free	Free	/package
Python script Custom Development (~8h Dev + 1h Training)	3500	3500	/package
Deep Learning workflow setup and tuning (~24h Dev + 2h Training)	10000	10000	/package
Multi-Component IA Workflow Development (~64h Dev + 4h Training)	25000	25000	/package
HP Z4 Workstation (RTX 6000 Ada, 128GB DDR5) - Office hours (8 - 16h)	20	20	/hour
HP Z4 Workstation (RTX 6000 Ada, 128GB DDR5) - Outside hours / weekends	10	10	/hour
Pipeline maintenance, bug fixes and additional functionalities	(****)	(****)	/hour

* Price for "Instrument user training" is equal to the hourly rate of the instrument for an average of 2-4 training hours (1h for Evos), plus an average of 3-5 hours of technical assistance with the accompanying hourly rate. Simple systems will require less assistance than the more advanced systems. A theoretical introduction is given for free. See "services" for more details on user training at CMIC-ALM.

** We are open to discuss prices based on an individual project basis. All prices include the creation of a Github/Zenodo repository to display your pipeline following FAIR principles.

*** Get in touch with us to discuss your image analysis needs and aims. We can advice on which instruments better suit your goals. We will conduct a feasability test and create a simple prototype to check if we can extract the information you want from your images with no cost.

**** Complex pipelines sometimes require additional work in terms of maintenance, adding functions or training new deep learning models. Model training cost will be associated to workstation usage.

Pricing information

The presented prices are based on the intention to share the costs of the infrastructure among users.

Prices are in NOK (Norwegian Kroner).
Prices are calculated according to the National Research Infrastructure Resource (RIR) model.
All prices are without VAT. VAT will be charged to all services where NTNU do not have the ownership of the results.
Cost assessments for project applications should be done in collaboration with the project manager, project economist and core facility.
Contribution price (i.e. internal price) is given to projects where NTNU has ownership rights to the results.
Contract price (i.e. external price) is given to projects/assignments where other than NTNU has ownership rights to the results of the project/assignment.
Equipment rent is reduced to 2/3 after working hours and on weekends (for most, but not all of our equipment).
Prices are subject to change without notice annually.
Prices are valid from 08.02.2025 (ALM lab).