Services and Pricing

Service and equipment fees can be accessed at the links below.  Please view below depending on whether you will process samples yourself, or you require AGP Unit staff to do the processing.  All prices are subject to change.  Additional charges apply for those external to the department and the university.  For those who wish to process their own samples, bench space and training are extra costs.  Time may be reserved by signing up in 4-32/4-35 Agriculture/Forestry.  If you are a new user, please contact Urmila Basu first at ubasu@ualberta.ca, or by calling (780) 492-8712.

For price estimates on anything that is not listed, please contact Urmila.  Discounted pricing may be available for large projects.  Consultation on experimental design and data analysis are also offered.


Full-serve pricing

The following prices are based on samples processed by AGP Unit personnel, and are subject to change.

For price estimates on anything that is not listed, please enquire with Urmila.  Discounted pricing may be available for large projects.  Consultation on experimental design and data analysis are also offered.

Service U of A Pricing Non U of A Pricing
Genomic DNA isolationa $20.00/sample $28.00/sample
Trizol RNA isolationa $25.00/sample $35.00/sample
Qiagen RNeasy Plus isolationa $25.00/sample $35.00/sample
DNase treatment $15.00/sample $21.00/sample
PCR amplification (does not include primers) $5.00/sample $7.00/sample
Gel electrophoresis $5.00/sample $7.00/sample
PCR with gel analysis $10.00/sample $15.00/sample
Taqman qPCRb $20.00/sample $30.00/sample
Taqman RT-qPCRb $30.00/sample $45.00/sample
Sybr qPCRb $20.00/sample $30.00/sample
Sybr RT-qPCRb $30.00/sample $45.00/sample
qPCR primer/probe design $50.00 per primer/probe $70.00 per primer/probe
Taqman qPCR optimization $500.00 per primer/probe set $700.00 per primer/probe set
Sybr qPCR optimization $650.00/primer set $910.00/primer set
MiSeq sequencing $400.00/run

a Includes quantification and quality assessment using Nanodrop

b For Taqman qPCR and Sybr qPCR, all samples will be analyzed in triplicate.


Self-Serve Pricing

The following prices are based on user-processed samples, and are subject to change.  Users are responsible for purchasing consumables and setting up reactions that are compatible with our instruments.  Time may be reserved by signing up in 4-32/4-35 Agriculture/Forestry Centre or by contacting Urmila Basu at ubasu@ualberta.ca or 780-492-8712.

For price estimates on anything that is not listed, please enquire with Urmila.  Discounted pricing may be available for large projects.  Consultation on experimental design and data analysis are also offered.

An initial set-up and training fee of $50-100 applies for all instrument use.

 

Instrument Fee (U of A pricing)
Affymetrix GeneTitan MC Pricing variable. Contact for further details
ABI 3730 DNA Analyzer (96-well block) $65.00/half-plate

$130.00/full plate

ABI Viia 7 (96- or 384-well block) $25.00/96-well plate

$30.00/384-well plate

ABI StepOne Plus (96-well block) $25.00/full plate
Agilent 2200 TapeStation R6K- for RNA analysis, $6.50/sample

High Sensitivity R6K analysis, $7.00/sample

D1k- for DNA analysis, $6.00/sample

High Sensitivity D1K analysis, $8.00/sample

Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer RNA Nano, $48.00/chip

RNA Pico, $49.00/chip

DNA High sensitivity, $55.00/chip

Small RNA, $55.00/chip

Qiagen QIAcube $10.00/sample
GE Typhoon FLA 9500 imager $10.00/scan
Molecular Devices GenePix 4200AL Autoloader $10.00/scan
ABI Veriti (96-well) $20.00/plate
NanoDrop (ND-1000, -2000C, and -8000) $5.00/15 min
Microplate Readers (Spectramax M3 and Fluoroskan Ascent) $5.00/plate
Microscopes $10.00/hr, $40.00/hr for use with help
Animal tissue culture facility Pricing variable. Contact for further details
MiSeq sequencing $200.00/run
MiSeq sequencing (2x300bp, paired end) $300.00/run