SBF Fees

  • Access fees are billed hourly or by subscription depending on the instrument.  
  • Some fees are capped at a maximum per year.
  • Group rates are available for X-ray crystallography.
  • Consumables are billable (e.g. crystallography plates).
  • Rates are billed by booked time and by real-time usage in excess of booked time.
  • Users from universities that are part of the LIEF grant that funded in part the X-ray robotics and diffractometer are entitled to the same rates for this instrumentation as UNSW users (ie $1000 per user subscription per year, or the relevant hourly rate and training fee).
  • External users have a small $50 training fee per instrument.
  • Computing resources are for internal users only. Some ‘for service’ computation can be arranged for externals. Please contact the facility directly to discuss.
  • Cancellations must be made at least 24 hours in advance by email to avoid booking fees. Please email sbf@unsw.edu.au with Cancellation in the subject to advise of a booking cancellation.
  • All fees are subject to DPI increase.
  • Industrial rates are available. Please contact the Facility directly for more information.

Current SBF 2024 UNSW Academic Rates

  • Users from labs with a primary appointment at UNSW are charged the base academic rates.  
  • Users are in this group if:
    • UNSW administers the laboratory's grants  AND
    • the lab has a project code for internal billing
  • Users from universities that are part of the LIEF grant that funded in part the X-ray robotics and diffractometer are entitled to the same rates for this instrumentation as UNSW users (ie $1000 per user subscription per year, or the relevant hourly rate and training fee). 
Instrument Access Fees
DSF: NanoTemper Prometheus NT.48

$15/hr. Instrument booking restricted to 3 hrs. Longer experiments can be run at a reduced fee after consultation with the SBF.

 

Refeyn MP2 Mass Photometer $15/hr
CD:Chirascan $27/hr
Constant Systems Cell Disruptor $12/hr
X-ray crystallography Robotics Suite  

Subscription including Formulatrix Rock Imager and NT8,Hamilton Starlet and Art Robbins Phoenix, Bruker D8 Venture

$1000 per user/Annual Fee for subscription
Bruker D8 Venture $15/hr
Formulatrix NT8 $80/hr
Hamilton Starlet $80/hr
Art Robbins Crystal Phoenix $80/hr
Consumables  
Mitegen In-situ Crystal Tray + screen $35 each
MRC Crystal Tray +screen $35 each
Basic 3D printed protein Structure $50
160 L liquid nitrogen fill $40
3D printed slide box for Refeyn  $30 each
Capillary for Prometheus $2
High sensitivity Capillary for Prometheus $5
Protein Intact mass (LCMS by BMSF) $60
2x Protein Intact mass (LCMS by BMSF) $120
3x Protein Intact mass (LCMS by BMSF) $165
4xProtein Intact mass (LCMS by BMSF) (increases by $45 per sample from here on) $210
Computational Structural Biology  
Computational Structural Biology membership (structural biology consultations, access to basic structural biology computational resources including stereo computer, covers training on GPU machines)

$80 per calendar year

Use of GPU machines for single particle analysis (only accessible for Computational Structural biology members) $50 per day, capped at $2000 per user per year
Use of GPU machines for deep learning (only accessible for Computational Structural biology members) $50 per day, capped at $2000 per user per year