FY2025 rates are listed below and are active as of January 1, 2025. All rates subject to change.
Sample Preparation Fees
| Billable unit | UConn† | External academic | Industry | |
| Coomassie blue-stained gelband* | per band | $69 | $92 | $137 |
| Silver-stained gelband* | per band | $69 | $92 | $137 |
| In-solution tryptic digestion (<25 ug)^ | per sample | $69 | $92 | $137 |
| In-solution tryptic digestion (>25 ug)^ | per sample | $89 | $113 | $158 |
| Non-trypsin endoproteinases | per vial | Reagent cost | Reagent cost | Reagent cost |
| Filter-Aided Sample Preparation (FASP)^ | per sample | $181 | $234 | $347 |
| S-Trap^ | per sample | $160 | $216 | $320 |
| In-vitro labeling | per sample | $90 + reagent cost | $114 + reagent cost# | $143 + reagent cost# |
| PTM enrichment | per hr | $90 + reagent cost | $114 + reagent cost# | $143 + reagent cost# |
| Offline fractionation | per sample | $83 | $119 | $176 |
| Intact protein sample clean-up | per sample | $25 | $34 | $50 |
| Custom sample prep (e.g. BCA protein quantification) | per hr | $90 + reagent cost | $114 + reagent cost | $143 + reagent cost |
*includes destaining, reduction, alkylation, tryptic digestion, peptide extraction and clean-up
^includes reduction, alkylation, tryptic digestion, peptide clean-up
UPLC-MS & UPLC-MS/MS Analysis Fees
| Billable rate | UConn† | External Academic | Industry | |
| Nanoflow Proteomics Applications |
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| Experiment set-up fee for assisted proteomics analysis#NEW | per experiment | $90 | $114 | $143 |
| Intact protein mass measurement (by infusion) | per sample | $47.50 | $49 | $72 |
| timsTOF HT UPLC-MS/MS analysis | per hr | $60.50 | $112 | $168 |
| Orbitrap Eclipse UPLC-MS/MS analysis | per hr | $61.50 | $122 | $181 |
| QE-HF UPLC-MS/MS analysis | per hr | $44.50 | $93 | $145 |
| Hydrogen-Deuterium Exchange-MS (HDX-MS) assisted analysisCOMING SOON! | per hr | $65.50 | $126 | $195 |
| Microflow Metabolomics Applications | ||||
| Experiment set-up fee for user-operated metabolomics analysis#NEW | per reservation | $45 | $57 | $71 |
| Experiment set-up fee for assisted metabolomics analysis#NEW | per experiment | $90 | $114 | $143 |
| timsTOF HT UPLC-MS/MS user-operation‡ | per hr | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| timsTOF HT UPLC-MS/MS assisted analysis∅ | per hr | $57.50 | $112 | $168 |
| Synapt G2-Si UPLC-MS/MS user-operation‡ | per hr | $21 | $65 | $97 |
| Synapt G2-Si UPLC-MS/MS assisted analysis∅ | per hr | $43.50 | $91 | $148 |
| Xevo G2-XS UPLC-MS/MS User-Operation‡ | per hr | $16 | $49 | $72 |
| Xevo G2-XS UPLC-MS/MS assisted analysis∅ | per hr | $38.50 | $66 | $89 |
‡User-operation requires previous instrument training performed by PMF Faculty
∅Assistance or Full-Service provided by PMF Faculty only
#Includes instrument calibration(s), LC solvent changes, column cleaning, QC and blank injections. For assisted runs, this includes sample transfer to injection vials and establishing sample queue(s).
For more information on our instrumentations options, see our Instrumentation page.
Training Fees
| Billable rate | UConn† | External Academic | Industry | |
| timsTOF HT, Synapt G2-Si, Xevo G2-XS, or software training | per hr | $90 | $114 | $143 |
Data Analysis Fees
| Billable rate | UConn† | External Academic | Industry | |
| Manual data analysis (e.g. PTM localization, custom quantitation) | per hr | $90 | $114 | $143 |
| Standard informatics-based processing of raw data | per experiment | included in run-time fees | included in run-time fees | included in run-time fees |
†Lower PMF rates are available to UConn and UConn Health users due to University subsidy.