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Mouse Metabolism and Phenotyping Core Fees

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Phenotyping Services (Available in T001)

Instrument/ServiceBCM/MOU Member
Imaging:
7.0 T MRI (live animal)$151.00/hr (+)
PET/SPECT/CT (3D X-Ray, with or without radioisotope imaging)$36.00/hr (+,++)
IVIS X5 (2D X-ray/fluorescence/luminescence)$24.00/hr
Faxitron (DEXA for body composition and X-ray)$18.00/hr
Ultrasound$63.00/hr
Metabolism: 
Indirect Calorimetry$10.50/hr
Body Comp/BMD$18.00/hr
Metabolic Cages (feces/urine collection)$10.50/mouse/week 
CLAMS (16 cage HC system) - 24hours$22.00/mouse/day
Cardiopulmonary: 
Non-Invasive Blood Pressure$3.15/mouse
Telemetry (ECG,BP, Glucose)$10.50/hr
Plethysmography$5.00/hr
ECG (Mouse Monitor or ECGenie)$18.00/hr
Other Tests:
Running Wheels$44.00/mouse/week
Grip Strength$2.10/mouse
Challenges:
Treadmill$7.50/hr
Hypoxic Housing$10.50/day
Modified Temperature Housing$36.00/week
Surgical and Anesthesia:
Anesthesia$7.5/hr
Surgical ServicesContact for pricing
Core Assistance:
Tech Time$36.00/hr
Training$36.00/hr
Data Analysis Assistance$75.00/hr

(+) services requires Tech Time for data acquisition – (included in pricelist, itemized separately when invoiced)

(++) denotes services which may include consumables charges if not provided by requestor

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 Metabolism Services (Available in R630)

Instrument/ServiceBCM/MOU Member
Glucose Metabolism:
Glucose tolerance test (with Glucometer) $150.00/10 mice
Glucose tolerance test (blood collection)$225.00/10 mice
Glucose tolerance test with insulin$800.00/10 mice
Insulin tolerance test$150.00/10 mice
Pyruvate tolerance test (Gluconeogenesis)$200.00/10 mice
Body Composition and Temperature:
EchoMRI$100.00/10 mice
Body Temperature$50.00/10 mice
Metabolic and Activity Monitoring:
CLAMS (10 cage HC system) ->24hours$22.00/mouse/day
Activity monitoring in home cage for 24 hrs$125.00/10 mice
Cellular O2Consumption & Glycolysis Monitoring:
Seahorse-Single plate run and data generation (cartridge not included) - XFe96 system$110.00/plate
Multiple Plate runContact for Pricing
Hyperinsulinemic Clamp:
Insulin clamp (no tracer) to measure GIR (glucose infusion rate)$3000.00/10 mice
Insulin clamp using tracer (3H) to measure BGP, HGP, GDR, GIR$5,500.00/10 mice
Insulin clamp and tissue specific glucose uptake (3H and 14C) 
- Clamp with muscle glucose uptake$6,250.00/10 mice$6,500.00/10 mice
- Clamp with WAT glucose uptake$6,500.00/10 mice
- Clamp with BAT glucose uptake$7,500.00/10 mice
- Clamp with any two tissue glucose uptake$7,500.00/10 mice E. Clamp with multiple tissue glucose uptakeAdd $50.00/tissue/mouse
Lipid:
In vivo lipolysis$250.00/10 mice
Lipid Profile: VLDL, HDL, LDL (by HPLC)$250.00/sample
Hepatic triglyceride secretionContact for pricing
Triglyceride clearance assayContact for pricing
Lipogenesis in vivoContact for pricing
Fatty acid uptake by isolated hepatocytes in vitroContact for pricingContact for pricing
Routine Blood Parameter (plasma/serum): 10 sample minimum
Diabetes & Lipid panel:
Glucose$6.00/sample *
Insulin**$15.40/sample **
Total Cholesterol$6.00/sample *
Leptin**$16.50/sample **
Adiponectin*$16.50/sample *
TG*$6.00/sample *
Free Fatty Acid*$11.00/sample *
Glycerol*$6.00/sample *
Direct HDL Cholesterol*$11.00/sample *
Creatinine*$8.00/sample *
BUN*$8.00/sample
For all 8 parameters (1-8) and bulk(>50)samplesContact for pricing
Liver Panel:
Albumin*$6.00/sample *
ALT (SPGT)**$11.00/sample **
AST (SGOT)**$12.00/sample **
ALP (Alkaline phosphatase)**$11.00/sample **
Total Bilirubin**$11.00/sample **
For all 6 parameters and bulk (>50) samplesContact for pricing
*5ul plasma/serum required for assay
**10ul plasma/serum required for assay
Additional Services:
Lipid Extraction$11.00/sample
IV Injection$10.00/mouse
Long term infusion through jugular vein in unanesthetized mouse for metabolic studies$350.00/mouse
Blood collection/plasma prep$7.00/sample