Other Universities, Nonprofits & Government
$105/h unassisted
Training or measurements taken by staff: instrument rate + $50/h
Plan your visit to LSBI. Instrument access is billed hourly by user category, and facility staff coordinate reservations and training.
Reservations
Booking Instrument Time
Reservation requests are directed to LSBI Assistant Director Justin Smolen at smolen@tamu.edu.
Account Setup & Training
- The lab PI contacts LSBI administration to establish a lab account.
- Lab members create Facility Online Manager (FOM) profiles through LSBI administrative staff.
- New users begin at “To Be Trained” status; authorized trainers elevate access once training is complete.
- Monthly billing statements are generated; disputes are handled by the billing manager.
Rates
Texas A&M User Rates
Chemistry department users receive a $7/hour reduction on high-rate (assisted or premium) instruments. Training or measurements taken by staff are billed at the instrument rate + $50/hour.
| Instrument | Standard Rate | Assisted Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Viscometry – ATS Rheosystems Black Pearl | $40/h | $90/h |
| Wide-Field Microscope – Olympus IX-70 | $40/h | $90/h |
| Tensiometer – Biolin Attension | $40/h | $90/h |
| Dynamic Light Scattering – Malvern Zetasizer Nano ZS | $40/h | $90/h |
| Zeta Potential – Malvern Zetasizer Nano ZS | $54/h | $104/h |
| Raman Spectroscopy – B&W Tek i-Raman | $40/h | $90/h |
| UV/Vis Spectroscopy – Shimadzu UV-2550 | $40/h | $90/h |
| Fluorescence Spectroscopy – Horiba FluoroMax 4P | $40/h | $90/h |
| Microplate Reader – SpectraMax M5 | $40/h | $90/h |
| Fluorescence Lifetime – PicoQuant FluoTime 100 | $40/h | $90/h |
| FTIR – Shimadzu IRPrestige-21 | $40/h | $90/h |
| FTIR Imaging Microscope – Bruker LUMOS II | $54/h | $104/h |
| DMA – Mettler Toledo DMA 1 | $40/h | $90/h |
| QCM-D – Biolin Q-Sense E4 | $40/h | $90/h |
| Confocal (with FLIM) – Olympus FV 1000 | $54/h | $104/h |
External Rates
Other Institutions & Industry
For-Profit Industry
$200/h unassisted
$324/h for facility-only measurements
Publications
Acknowledgement Requirements
Publications that make use of LSBI resources must acknowledge the facility according to the level of contribution involved:
- Facilities only: “Use of the Texas A&M University Laboratory for Synthetic-Biologic Interactions (RRID: SCR_022287) is acknowledged.”
- Routine procedures: Acknowledge the facility and the staff members involved.
- Significant intellectual contributions: Co-authorship is required.