Study Type

Method

NCMRR /MRDDRC core

External Users

RNA Extraction and Purification

Trizol and silica gel

purification

$8 per sample

$14 per sample

Expression Pofiling: Amplification,  cRNA synthesis, fluidics

Two cycle amplification

$190 per sample

$340 per sample

Expression Profiling Microarrays

Affymetrix Microarrays

$250-450 per array (depending on array type)

$500-$800 per array

(depending on array type)

Laser Capture Microscopy

Arcturis or Leica

$15 slide

$30 per slide

RNA: Q-RT-PCR

TaqMan

One transcript/sample

$170 set-up per gene of interest

$15/sample (includes cDNA synthesis)

$350 set-up per gene of interest

$30 /sample (includes cDNA synthesis)

RNA: genome-wide alternative splicing

All exon Affymetrix array

$1,000 per sample

$2,500 per sample