Metabolism Core Services and Fees
Service *Prices effective 7-1-2025 |
UMASS |
Academic |
Industry |
| Hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp (including mouse per-diem, quarantine, housing, surgery, and associated biochemical/hormonal assays) |
$715 |
$960 |
$1,265 |
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Hyperglycemic clamp |
$715 |
$960 |
$1,265 |
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Glucagon clamp |
$715 |
$960 |
$1,265 |
| Organ-specific glucose metabolism (including mouse per-diem, quarantine, housing, surgery, and associated biochemical assays for 3 organs, such as skeletal muscle, white fat, and brown fat) |
$715 |
$960 |
$1,265 |
| Organ-specific lipid metabolism or de novo lipogenesis (including mouse per-diem, quarantine, housing, surgery, and associated biochemical assays for 3 organs, such as skeletal muscle, white fat, and brown fat) |
$715 |
$960 |
$1,265 |
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Glucose Tolerance Test (GTT) or Insulin Tolerance Test (ITT) |
$220 |
$300 |
$400 |
| 1H-MRS for body composition analysis - fat/lean/water mass (including mouse per-diem, quarantine, housing, and data analysis) |
$94 |
$130 |
$165 |
| Energy balance study using TSE Metabolic Cages with environmental chamber – food/water intake, energy expenditure, respiratory exchange ratio, physical activity (including mouse per-diem, quarantine, housing, and data analysis for a 3-day measurement) |
$275 |
$385 |
$550 |
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Protein/Peptide Multiplex Analysis (Luminex Technology)* |
- |
- |
- |
| Customized multi-plex cytokine, chemokine, and hormone panels are available. See below for a partial list of analytes. | |||
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Metabolite Analysis |
$33 |
$50 |
$70 |
| Insulin Signaling Analysis* total protein levels: IR, IRS-1/2, Akt phosphorylation levels: IR, IRS-1/2, Akt |
$275 |
$385 |
$550 |
| Inflammatory Signaling Analysis* total protein levels: STAT3, IKK, JNK1/2/3, NF-kB phosphorylation levels: STAT3, IKK, JNK1/2/3, NF-kB |
$275 | $385 | $550 |
| Metabolic Signaling Analysis* total protein levels: AMPK phosphorylation levels: AMPK |
$275 | $385 | $550 |
| Intracellular Metabolite Analysis (triglyceride) |
$275 | $385 | $550 |