Small Animal Microsurgical Core Facility
(Non-academic charges are X3)Kidney ischemia/reperfusion (IRI) / $75
Unilateral Ureteral Obstruction / $75
Orthotopic kidney transplantation / $300
Tail vein injection or venipuncture (per animal) / $30
GFR (transcutaneous FITC-sinistrin)in rodents (each) / $45
Cannulation (indwelling with injection port) / $75
Use of a microsurgical workstation (per hour) / $30
Parabiosis (mice) / $75
Misc surgical services involving body wall penetration (per hour) / $150
5/6th nephrectomy (both steps) / $150
Radio-telemetry determination of blood pressure
- (8-day exp. each animal) / $828
- (10-day exp. each animal) / $891.80
- (15-d exp. each animal) / $1051.30
- (30-day exp. each animal) / $1529.80
Small Animal Imaging Core Facility
Functional renal imaging analysis / $100 per hour
Structural and metabolic imaging (US, MRI, microCT) / between $100 - $200 per hour
Gamma-ray imaging (Gamma camera, SPECT/CT) / $100 per hour
Optical Imaging (Bioluminescence, Fluorescence) / $7 per animal or $55 per hour
Labor and Personnel Assistance / $40 per hour
Physiology Core Facility
Whole kidney clearance/oxygen consumption studies (each) / $89
Tissue oxygen partial pressure determination in kidney (each) / $240
Determination of GFR in awake rodents (each) / $45
In vitro assessment of oxygen consumption in tubules (each) / $140
Micropuncture for nephron function and TG feedback (each) / $240
Metabolic cage experiments in mice (per animal and week) / $70
Automated tail-cuff blood pressure determination (each, for 6 days) / $50
Videometric flow velocitometry (VMFV) (each) / $240
