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Children's Hospital

  • Biostatistics Core
  • Cellular Imaging Core
  • Extracellular Vesicle Core
  • Flow Cytometry Core
  • Neuropsychology Core
  • Small Animal Imaging Core
  • Spatial Biology and Genomics Core
  • Stem Cell Core

Main Contact Info

Gevorg Karapetyan

4661 Sunset Blvd.
Room 305
Los Angeles, CA 90027


SAIC@chla.usc.edu

(323) 361-4578


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The following Products and Services are available within our facility:

Fee Structure

 

Fee Structure

2022 SAIC Line Item Costs  

Service 

Cost 

MRI Imaging 

$220.00/hr 

uCT Imaging 

$165.00/hr 

BIoLuminescence 

$145.00/hr 

Plain Film Radiograph 

$11.00/hr 

CT/SPECT (isotope cost not included) 

$165.00/hr 

Intra-Cranial Xenografts 

$82.50/per mouse 

Animal Handling, Treatments Biological Tissue Harvesting 

$38.50/hr 

Animal Husbandry 

STD - $0.52, Cage per day 
ID Mice - $0.57, Cage per day 
Rats - $2.00, Cage per day 

Animal Purchase 

$100.00, varies by strain and type 

Hemi-Splenic Xenographts (survival surgery) 

$82.50 

Beetle Luciferin (BLI contrast) 

$460.00/gr, can be vary 

Data Reconstruction 

$44.00/hr 

Data Processing 

$88.00/hr 

Software Training 

$88.00 

 

2022 SAIC Full Project Costs  

Service 

Cost 

Professional Time 

$110.00/hr 

Technologist Time 

$38.50/hr 

Administrative Time 

$55.00/hr 

IACUC Protocol Submission 

$5,500.00 

Materials 

Price on Request 

Other Imaging Contrast Materials 

Price on Request 

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Instruments

BLI - IVIS 200

BLI - IVIS 200

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for Scheduling please contact

Seda Mkhitaryan  smkhitaryan@chla.usc.edu    

Gevorg Karapetyan  gkarapetyan@chla.usc.edu 

 

 

Lago-X 2023 (SII) and IVIS 200 Bioluminescence/Fluorescence (Perkin-Elmer, formerly Xenogen) are in vivo imaging technology platforms that enable real-time, non-invasive visualization and tracking of cellular and genetic activity within a living organism. These systems offer high throughput capacity.

Bruker Biospec uMRI

Bruker Biospec uMRI

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for Scheduling please contact

Seda Mkhitaryan  smkhitaryan@chla.usc.edu    

Gevorg Karapetyan  gkarapetyan@chla.usc.edu 

 

 

Fee for using the 11.7T Bruker MRI for live animal and specimen studies during daytime hours, from 9 AM to 5 PM.

Bruker SkyScan1172 HighRes uCT

Bruker SkyScan1172 HighRes uCT

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for Scheduling please contact

Seda Mkhitaryan  smkhitaryan@chla.usc.edu    

Gevorg Karapetyan  gkarapetyan@chla.usc.edu 

 

 

The SkyScan1172 HighRes uCT (Bruker) is a high-resolution desktop X-ray uCT system designed for small samples. Its flexible geometry is especially beneficial at intermediate resolution levels, making it ideal for studying the structure of biological tissues.

Faxitron MXCHLA-20

Faxitron MXCHLA-20

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for Scheduling please contact

Seda Mkhitaryan  smkhitaryan@chla.usc.edu    

Gevorg Karapetyan  gkarapetyan@chla.usc.edu 

 

 

Utilization of industry-standard cabinet X-ray systems for point-of-care specimen and small rodent radiography, particularly for bone studies and implants.

 

SPECT/CT

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for Scheduling please contact

Seda Mkhitaryan  smkhitaryan@chla.usc.edu    

Gevorg Karapetyan  gkarapetyan@chla.usc.edu 

 

 

Services

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For the below services please contact Seda Mkhitaryan  smkhitaryan@chla.usc.edu  or Gevorg Karapetyan  gkarapetyan@chla.usc.edu 

  • Data processing and analysis
  • Data Reconstruction
  • Consultation with Gevorg
  • Imaging Consultation
  • Intracranial Xenographts/Lung Perfusion (survival and non-survival) surgeries
  • Project Handling
  • Software Training
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CoreConnect Job Aids

 

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