Fees and quotes

The costs of laboratory activities provided by CAVE Services can be determined upon request by contacting the individual Service representatives directly or the CAVE Management, who will direct users to the relevant laboratory unit.

Activities requiring the use of specific equipment are governed by the following price list, which lists the cost per individual analysis (excluding VAT).

MISEQ Price List

ServiceExternal usersInternal users
16S rRNA Metabarcoding for Microbiome Characterisation70 €/sample55 €/sample

Microscope Price List

ServiceExternal usersInternal users
Use of confocal microscopy with an operator50 €/h40 €/h
Production of autofluorescent slides and photographic documentation using epifluorescence50 €/sample40 €/sample
Slide production with immunofluorescence/immunoperoxidase and photographic documentation by epifluorescence/brightfield100 €/sample80 €/sample
Autofluorescent slide production and photographic documentation using confocal microscopy75 €/sample60 €/sample
Production of slides with immunofluorescence and photographic documentation by confocal microscopy125 €/sample100 €/sample
Morphometric analysis of 1 parameter and report production30 €/sample24 €/sample
Morphometric analysis with 2 parameters and report production50 €/sample40 €/sample
Morphometric analysis with 3 parameters and report production60 €/sample48 €/sample

Fees that include immunofluorescence/immunoperoxidase are exclusive of the supply of the primary antibody.

LC MS Price List

UniPiVET – UniPiNon UniPi
Hourly cost70 €/h55 €/h105 €/h
Cost of full scan MS and MS/MS analysis in flow injection*20 €/sample15 €/sample30 €/sample

*fees to be added to the hourly rate

Untargeted analysis*UniPi***VET – UniPi ***Non Unipi ***
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Metabolomics **300 €250 €200 €240 €200 €160 €360 €300 €240 €
Lipidomics **350 €300 €250 €280 €240 €200 €420 €360 €300 €
Metabolomics + Lipidomics **600 €500 €400 €480 €400 €320 €720 €600 €480 €

* fee to be added to the hourly rate
** fees refer to a single ionization mode (pos or neg)
*** include identification and data processing with a library containing > 10,000 compounds

Untargeted analysis*UniPi ***VET – UniPi ***Non Unipi ***
 <10 samples10-40 samples>40 samples<10 samples10-40 samples>40 samples<10 samples10-40 samples>40 samples
Metabolomics **450 €400 €350 €360 €320 €280 €540 €480 €420 €
Lipidomics **550 €500 €450 €440 €400 €360 €660 €600 €540 €
Metabolomics + Lipidomics **900 €800 €700 €720 €640 €560 €1080 €960 €840 €

* fee to be added to the hourly rate
** fees refer to two ionisation modes (pos and neg)

For users who provide method, column and materials:

Untargeted analysis (no omics)*UniPi ***VET – UniPi ***Non UniPi ***
Qualitative screening analysis ****60 €/sample50 €/sample90 €/sample

For users who are provided with the material, column, etc. but have a chromatographic method:

Untargeted analysis (no omics)*UniPi ***VET – UniPi ***Non UniPi ***
Qualitative screening analysis ****100 €/sample85 €/sample150 €/sample

For users who are provided with the material and require chromatographic method development:

Untargeted analysis (no omics)*UniPiVET – UniPiNon UniPi
Qualitative screening analysis ****200 €/sample170 €/sample300 €/sample

* fee to be added to the hourly rate
*** include identification and data processing with a library containing > 10,000 compounds
**** for samples > 10 request a quote