Pricing

The Advanced Imaging Core operates as a not-for-profit academic facility. Rates are designed to recover running costs and are structured differently for academic and non-academic users.

Academic Users

Academic pricing (VAT 0%) applies to users affiliated with Finnish universities and research institutes (see table below).

Non-Academic / Commercial Users

Non-academic users are welcome. Rates are subject to VAT and depend on the level of service and expertise required.

Standard service & consultation: €85/h + VAT
Project setup or specialized consultation: Priced case-by-case depending on scope

📩 Please contact us directly for a quote tailored to your project:
microscopy@bioscience.fi

Current prices

Service	Prices
Non-academic users	€/h + VAT
Basic training, consultation and contract preparation. Where specialized expertise is needed, the price will be set on a case-by-case basis	85
Academic national users	€/h (VAT 0%)
Full service (service fee added to the instrument time)	40
Instrument	Price €/h for academic national users (VAT 0%)
Widefield microscopes
EVOS fl cell culture microscope	0
Leica RXA, IRBE and DMRE	2
Leica Thunder	7 (19.00-08.00: 3€/h)
Nikon Eclipse Ti2-E	7 (19.00-08.00: 3€/h)
Olympus BX60	0
Zeiss AxioZOOM.V16 stereo microscope	2
Confocal microscopes
3i CSU-W1 spinning disk	15 (19.00-08.00: 6€/h)
Abberior STED	20
Andor BC43 spinning disk	15
Leica TCS SP5	2
Leica Stellaris 8 Falcon FLIM	25 (19.00-08.00: 12.50€/h)
Nikon CREST spinning disk	20 (19.00-08.00: 10€/h)
Zeiss LSM510 JPK AFM	9
Zeiss LSM880 AiryScan	20 (19.00-08.00: 10€/h)
Other microscopes
MSquared Aurora Airy Light Sheet	15
ONI Nanoimager	15
Deltavision OMX	10 (19.00-08.00: 4€/h)
Lambert FLIM	8
Zeiss TIRF (no lasers)	5 (19.00-08.00: 2€/h)
xCELLigence RTCA eSight	25€/slot for 1-24h (fixed experiment price)
Gel analysis and plate readers
Azure Sapphire RGBNIR biomolecular imager	0
BioRad ChemiDoc MP gel analyzer 1	0
BioRad ChemiDoc MP gel analyzer 2	0
BioTek Synergy H1 multi-mode reader	0