User Fees
During the current 2011-12 year, labs are binned into one of three usage categories listed below. The fees listed are contributions that would raise enough money to cover the service contract costs based on current usage patterns for the following year. If there are more users, the share each pays will be lower.
- Initial training and the first subsequent use: $0 (SEM and CLSM training counted separately)
- Minor Users visit 20 times or fewer: $300-3000 (depending on actual usage and cost of service contracts)
- Major Users visit more than 20 times: $3000-4800 (major users should expect to contribute this amount in late May 2012)
For use of the PIC in conjuction with teaching a UW-Madison class, the professor or instructor should please contact the PIC staff for more information.
PIC Funding
The PIC was initially established in 2005 with funding from NSF, from a Major Research Infrastructure grant award. At that time additional funding came from the Botany, Biochemistry, Horticulture, and Genetics departments, along with the grauduate school and CALS.
The concept of a plant imaging center for the Department of Botany was originated by Anthony B. Bleecker, Professor of Botany, 1989-2005. Around 2002, Tony Bleecker began to talk about the need for accessible modern imaging equipment for the plant biology community here, and that we should do something about it. You too can help us continue making his vision a reality. Donations to the PIC can be made via the Bleecker Memorial Fund at the UW Foundation (Designate 12164180/Bleecker Fund-Botany).