Associate

Eligibility criteria

Associate rates are available to Australian publicly funded researchers and Government organisations. This includes WA Research Partners.

All rates are exclusive of GST.

Membership fee paid on initial registration (inc. training in one platform, where applicable)

Honours & Masters by Coursework: $230
All others (PhD & Masters by Research, Post-docs & staff): $575

Training fee (per additional platform or instrument type)

All users: $230

CMCA staff operator charge

Staff: Price on application

Microscopy and analysis rate categories

HOURS

Category 1

Category 2

Category 3

Pay by the hour

$52

$104

$69

Pre-Paid block of 50

$1,725

$3,450

Not available

Pre-Paid block of 100

$2,588

$5,175

$5,175

Pre-Paid block of 200

$3,450

$6,900

$8,625

Pre-Paid block of 400

$4,313

$8,625

Not available

Instrument groups

Category 0:

  • Sample prep & ancillary equipment: CryoEM preparation facilities, microtomes, vibratome, glow discharge unit, vacuum oven, critical point dryer, freeze dryer, furnace, geological sample prep room, anesthetic trolleys
  • Analysis workstations and software
  • Crawley campus and Perkins building visitor parking bays

Note: Complimentary access to Category 0 facilities is provided to all researchers who are registered to use other facilities at CMCA, e.g. instruments in Categories 1-4. Researchers wishing to access only facilities in Category 0, e.g. sample prep or data processing computers will be required to pay for access. Please enquire through CMCA Admin if you wish to do this.

Category 1:

  • NMR: Bruker Avance 600 MHz, Bruker Avance 500 MHz, Bruker Neo 400 MHz, Varian 400 MHz
  • Basic Light Microscopy: Olympus IX81 (CMCA@Perkins), Nikon Ti-U (CMCA@Perkins), Zeiss Axioskop (CMCA@Physics), Zeiss Stereo (CMCA@Physics)
  • Benchtop SEM: JEOL Neoscope SEM 

Category 2:

  • Electron Microscopy: FEI Titan TEM, JEOL F200 Screening TEM, FEI Helios FIB-SEM, FEI Verios SEM, Zeiss SEM, Tescan SEM, JEOL 8530F microprobe (x2)
  • Advanced Light Microscopy: Nikon A1Si, Nikon A1RMP, Nikon A1 FLIM/FCS, Nikon SIM, Nikon STORM
  • X-ray Microscopy: Zeiss Versa 520 XRM
  • Scanned Probe Microscopy: Cypher VRS AFM, Keysight 5500 SPM, WITEC Alpha 300RA+ Confocal Raman, Hysitron TI 950 Nanoindenter
  • Flow Cytometry: BD Canto, BD Fortessa, BD Calibur, Luminex 200, BD Influx, BD Melody, CyTOF, Beckman Coulter Z2, 10x Chrominium Genomics Platform, CellCelector

Category 3:

  • Cryo Electron Microscopy: JEOL F200 cryoTEM, JEOL F200 Screening TEM, JEOL IT800 cryoSEM