Collaboration Agreement

The Center for Advanced Spatial Biomolecule Research (CASBR) at the University of Florida provides full service MALDI-MSI analysis, operating strictly on a collaborative research model*.

This includes assistance with sample preparation, data collection, and rigorous data analysis to provide the highest quality data and place findings in robust biological context.

Engagement with CASBR requires alignment of scientific goals and will be evaluated based on project merit, feasibility, and available resources. Projects will be accepted only after formal consultation and mutual agreement on collaborative scope with one of the CASBR Directors:
Dr. Ramon Sun, Dr. Craig Vander Kooi, or Dr. Matthew Gentry.

Use of CASBR resources must include appropriate acknowledgment or authorship, depending on the level of scientific contribution.

For collaborative grant submissions involving CASBR appropriate budget allocation must be made to support the proposed research involving CASBR operations. This includes personnel effort and consumable costs required to execute the proposed work.

Typical requests may include any/all of the following:

• up to 10-50% effort for a staff scientist or postdoctoral associate for sample preparation and data collection
• 20-30% effort for a bioinformatician for data processing and interpretation,
• 5% CoI effort from one of the CASBR directors, in addition to consumable costs necessary to complete the scope of work.

Due to increasing demand and large-scale sample requests, all submissions not supported through joint funding will incur a: $250/sample/omics (internal) $500/sample/omics (external). We charge strictly for cost recovery of reagents and machine usage.