*Prices referenced include rates for Academic/Government and Commercial and are represented in Canadian dollars.
GENOMICS FACILITY
Analysis Type
DNA extraction (per sample)
Cost/Sample
$9.23
DNA extraction (per sample;
long term storage in o-ring tube)
$10.12
Hourly Rate*
(Academic /
Commercial)
$2.93
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)
300, 500, 600 MHz instrument time
$10 / $20
PCR purification
(100K plate; per reaction)
$1.22
Sample preparation (solvent + tube)
(per sample)
$45 / $60
Agarose gel (≤28 reactions)
$11.91
Solid-state rotor rental (per sample)
$20 / $40
Agarose gel (≤100 reactions)
$33.80
$12.21
Microsatellite instrument run (per well)
$6.28
Instrument ready-to-run
(per well; low throughput; ≤24 well
N/A
Instrument ready-to-run (per run;
high throughput; 47 wells/run)
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Analytical Services
PCR (per reaction)
Cycle sequencing reaction and
instrument run (per well)
Core Research
Equipment and
Instrument
Training
Network
CENTRE FOR CHEMICAL ANALYSIS,
RESEARCH AND TRAINING (C-CART)
N/A
Structure assignment (per compound)
Data analysis (per sample)
$100 / $200
$30 / $60
LCMS-Trap
CE-MS
$10 / $20
GC-MS
$30 / $60
LCMS-Trap
$30 / $60
LCMSD-TOF
$30 / $60
MALDI
$40 / $80
Materials Characterization
AQUATIC RESEARCH CLUSTER (ARC)
Analysis Type
Cost/Sample
FT-IR (per sample)
$4 / $8
Cary 6000i UV-Vis
$10 / $20
TGA
$10 / $20
DSC
$10 / $20
AFM
$10 / $20
Flame AA
$20 / $40
Dry weights
$15.50
Extraction
$57.50
Total lipids
$46.00
Fatty acids
$46.00
Sterols
$46.00
NL-PL separations
$97.00
Free amino acids
$45.50
Total amino acids
$65.50
CHN
$51.00
Scanning Electron Microscope and Mineral
Liberation Analysis (SEM- MLA)
TOC
$25.50
Analytical Services
Tech time
$53.50
Cost for DSC consumables is $5/pan; Cost for AFM
consumables is $40/tip
MICRO ANALYSIS FACIL ITY (MAF-IIC)
Scanning Electron Microscopy
(Minimum three hours)
Hourly Rate*
(Academic /
Commercial)
$50 / $100
Data processing
$75 / $75
High-pressure environmental
(per sample)
Specimen preparation
STABLE ISOTOPE LAB
$80 / $100
$30 / $30
Waters (per sample)
$39 / $49.50
Epoxy embedded polished grain
amount
$40 / $40
X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF)
Fused glass beads/majors
Trans-vertical polished grain
(per sample)
$40 / $50
Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS)
Pressed pellets/traces (per sample)
$28 / $40
DP (O-) source (per day)
LOI (per sample)
$4 / $4.50
amount
$50 / $50
$450 / $675
Cs (Cs+) source (per day)
$600 / $900
Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma – Mass
Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS)
In situ elemental analyses of minerals
or other materials
(per day)
$625 / $750
$750-$2,000
Multi-Collector Inductively Coupled Plasma – Mass
Spectrometry (MC-ICP-MS)
Laser ablation (per day)
Solution (per day)
$1,000 / $2,250
$750 / $1,500
Inductively Coupled Plasma – Optical Emission
Spectroscopy (per sample)
$35 / $50
$31.50/ $47.00
$34.50 / $50.00
Carbon (solids)
% or 
% and 
$18.00 / $28.00
$22.00 / $32.00
Nitrogen (solids)
% or 
% and 
$18.00 / $28.00
$22.00 / $32.00
$20.00 / $32.00
$24.00 / $37.50
$145 / $200
Sm / Nd IC/ID
$240 / $400
Carbon + nitrogen (solids)
% or 
% and 
Pb / Pb (per sample)
$135 / $200
Carbon + oxygen
$18.00 / $28.00
Carbon (fresh waters)
 -TIC
 -TOC
$19.50 / $32.00
$25.50 / $39.00
Academic, governmental clients (per hour)
$30
Commercial clients:
$625-1,655
Sulfur (solids)
% or 
% and 
Sr IC (per sample)
Powder X-Ray Diffraction (Powder XRD)
In situ U-Pb accessory mineral
geochronology (per sample)
Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometry (TIMS)
Analytical Fees
Powder XRD, data file + quartz
standard file (per sample)
$100
Powder XRD + peak/phase ID
by JADE (per sample)
$200
Powder XRD + peak/phase ID +
Rietveld abundances analysis
(per sample)
$300
CH4, CO, CO2
**
C1-C6 hydrocarbons
**
Permanent gases (CH4, CO2)
**
FAMEs, sterols, hydrocarbons
**
Lab Preparation
Crushing/powdering
$16.0 0/ $26.00
Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)
Weighing
Academic, governmental clients (per hour) $50
Commercial clients (per hour)
$100
**Contact CREAIT for details.
$2.50 / included
Electron Probe Microanalysis (EPMA)
THE EARTH RESOURCES RESEARCH
AND ANALYSIS FACILIT Y (TERRA)
Academic, governmental clients (per hour)
$50
Assisted (per hour)
$75
Solution Inductively Coupled Plasma – Mass
Spectrometry (Solution ICP-MS)
Mapping (per hour)
$25
Analysis / Sample Type
Daily Rate (24 hours)
$60
Commercial clients:
Assisted (per hour)
$200
Mapping (per hour)
$200
Acid dissolution (per sample)
Cost/Sample
(Academic /
Commercial)
$80 / $100
Sodium peroxide sinter (per sample) $65 / $82.50
Daily Rate (24 hours)
High-pressure environmental
(per sample)
$80 / $100
$1,600
For further information contact:
Brent Myron
Manager of Operations, CREAIT Network
CREAIT, CRC and CFI Services
Bruneau Centre for Research and Innovation
Memorial University
Telephone: 709-864-6798
Email: [email protected]
www.mun.ca/creait