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For any publications or grant applications with data acquired on the core instruments, please follow the guidance below.
Proper method reporting
Please send me a draft of your method section, with a few business days to spare, and I will make sure it has all the necessary information (hardware, imaging settings and image processing) reported accurately.
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgments play a vital role in supporting the core! We kindly request that you acknowledge the Innovation Core, and the specific microscope used, if applicable, in your publications and/or Grant applications.
General Acknowledgment template:
Data for this study was (/will be) acquired at the UCSF Innovation Core at the Weill Institute for Neurosciences.
Feel free to add comments or name staff as you see fit.
Microscope-specific acknowledgements with grant data
CSU-W1SoRa Confocal Microscope
Data for this study was acquired at the UCSF Innovation Core at the Weill Institute for Neurosciences on a custom imaging system controlled by the open-source software Micromanager (please add one of the micromanager publications to your references as indicated https://micro-manager.org/Citing_Micro-Manager)
LifeCanvas Lightsheet
Data for this study was acquired at the UCSF Innovation Core at the Weill Institute for Neurosciences on an instrument acquired in part using a Sandler Program for Breakthrough Biomedical Research grant, which is partially funded by the Sandler Foundation.