International Center for Structural Biology

Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Science, Okayama University

  • Japanese

Equipment/Fees

     
Thermo Scientific Arctis Cryo Plasma-FIB
Ion optics
Plasma-FIB (xenon, oxygen, argon)
Current 1.5 pA - 2.5 µA
Voltage 0.5 – 30 kV

Electron optics
Field-emission SEM
Current 1.5 pA - 400 nA
Voltage 0.2 – 30 kV

iFLM Correlative System
NA 0.75
Filters Semrock LED-DA/FI/TR/Cy5-B-000 (Quadband)
Camera CMOS sensor (20.2 MP resolution)
LED source CoolLED, 4 channels (365 nm/450 nm/550 nm/635 nm)

Autoloader (up to 12 grid carriers) under cryo-conditions
with TomoGrids, AutoGrids, FIB-AutoGrids
Cryo CompuStage

Web-based UI
  
  
Equipment usage fees (tax included)
*From November 1, 2025
General user (internal/external research institutes and universities), without technical support ¥60,000/day (24 hours) ¥5,000/2 hours
General user (internal/external research institutes and universities), with technical support ¥84,000/day (24 hours) ¥7,000/2 hours
Priority user (internal/external research institutes and universities), without technical support ¥84,000/day (24 hours) ¥7,000/2 hours
Priority user (internal/external research institutes and universities), with technical support ¥120,000/day (24 hours) ¥10,000/2 hours
Corporate user, without technical support ¥168,000/day (24 hours) ¥14,000/2 hours
Corporate user, with technical support ¥240,000/day (24 hours) ¥20,000/2 hours
Young reseachers of Okayama Univ. (less than 8 years after receiving their degree), without technical support ¥30,000/day (24 hours) ¥2,500/2 hours
  
  
Consumables usage fee (tax included)
If you wish to use the consumables provided by the centre, the following charges apply in addition to the equipment usage fee.
Holey carbon grid (Cu) ¥2,500/each
Holey carbon grid (Au) ¥3,500/each
Autogrid Ring and C-clip ¥3,500/set
UltraAuFoil ¥7,000/each
Holey carbon grid +2nm carbon film layer on TOP ¥3,500/each
HexAuFoil ¥13,000/each