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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
Training / $100 per hour or $500 per day
LC-MS/MS Creatinine determination (per test) / $8

Small Animal Imaging Core Facility


Functional renal imaging analysis / $100 per hour
Structural and metabolic imaging (US, MRI, microCT) / between $100 - $245 per hour
Nuclear imaging (Gamma camera, SPECT/CT, PET/CT) /between $100 - $245 per hour 
Optical Imaging (Bioluminescence, Fluorescence) / $80 per hour
Image Analysis / $45 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
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
Laser Capture Microdissection from frozen tissue (~70 pieces
individually collected per sample; sample quality and amount
appropriate for RNA-Seq or potential proteomics)
      for glomeruli  (per sample) / $300
      for antibody-guided dissection of tubular segments (per sample) / $450