Cell Sorting
All users must submit a Biosafety form (modified October 2023) and a Sorting request form (updated December 2021) sort questionnaire ahead of their first cell sort booking. Please email us the forms as attachments.
Users who have previously sorted with the Hub (with documents on file) can book directly by phoning or e-mailing the Hub staff. Booking is possible up to three weeks in advance.
See below for pricing from 1st August 2024:
| Cell Sorting | £126 p/h |
| User operated Melody sorts | £70 p/h + VAT |
| External Academic sorts (outside the University of Cambridge or the LMB) | £344 p/h + VAT |
| External Academic Melody sorts (outside the University of Cambridge or the LMB) | £208 p/h + VAT |
Bookings over 3 hrs are charged for the booked time or actual time, whichever is longer.
Sorting bookings must normally be cancelled 48 hours in advance. Cancellations within 48 hours are charged at 1/3 the booked time. Sorting cancellations with less than 24 hours notice are charged in full, as are ‘no shows’.
Please send cancellation requests to our listserv.
Analysers and Confocal
Use of the analysers and confocals is contingent on completing training on a relevant machine. This training is always free of charge.
Any new users should initially contact Nika Romashova or Natalia Savinykh Yarkoni for induction, advice and coordination. Training for inducted users on additional instruments can be booked through our listserv. Subsequent supervised learning is part of the training.
Analysers and microscopes can be booked by researchers themselves using our PPMS calendars.
Long Bookings in peak hours over 4 hours, should not exceed 3 consecutive days in any given week per machine. Users who would like to exceed this limit should contact our listserv.
Cancellations and alterations can only be done by Hub staff. Please send cancellation requests to our listserv.
Cancellations must be made 24 hours in advance. Late cancellations and no-shows are charged at the full rate. Charges for late cancellation may be waived at the discretion of the Hub Director.
From the 1st August 2024, all analysers and microscopes will be charged at £49 p/h in 15 min increments; External Academic bookings (outside the University of Cambridge or the LMB) are charged at £115 p/h + VAT.
All users are responsible for backing up their data on all machines.
