Acknowledging the core

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Acknowledgement statements

Sample acknowledgement statements, including funding information can be found in the expandable boxes below. Please feel free to modify the statements below as necessary while keeping the appropriate award and RRID information.

Nikon A1R Laser Scanning Confocal

The imaging work was performed at the BioFrontiers Institute Advanced Light Microscopy Core (RRID: SCR_018302). Laser scanning confocal microscopy was performed on an Nikon A1R microscope supported by NIST-CU Cooperative Agreement award number 70NANB15H226.

Bruker TruLive3D Light Sheet

The imaging work was performed at the BioFrontiers Institute Advanced Light Microscopy Core (RRID: SCR_018302). The Bruker TruLive3D Light Sheet microscope is supported by the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation and is housed within the Beckman Center for Advanced Light Sheet Microscopy and Data Science within the BioFrontiers Advanced Light Microscopy Core.

Nikon AXR Laser Scanning Confocal

The imaging work was performed at the BioFrontiers Institute Advanced Light Microscopy Core (RRID: SCR_018302). The Nikon AXR is supported by NIH grant 1S10OD034320.

Nikon NSTORM and TIRF

For super resolution imaging: The imaging work was performed at the BioFrontiers Institute Advanced Light Microscopy Core (RRID: SCR_018302). Super resolution microscopy was performed on a Nikon Ti-E microscope supported by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

For TIRF microscopy: The imaging work was performed at the BioFrontiers Institute Advanced Light Microscopy Core (RRID: SCR_018302). TIRF microscopy was performed on a Nikon Ti-E microscope supported by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

Nikon Spinning Disk Confocal

The imaging work was performed at the BioFrontiers Institute Advanced Light Microscopy Core (RRID: SCR_018302). Spinning disc confocal microscopy was performed on Nikon Ti-E microscope supported by the BioFrontiers Institute and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

Nikon Widefield

The imaging work was performed at the BioFrontiers Institute Advanced Light Microscopy Core (RRID: SCR_018302). The Nikon Ti-E Widefield is supported by NIH grant R01CA107098S1.

Molecular Devices ImageXpress

The imaging work was performed at the BioFrontiers Institute Advanced Light Microscopy Core (RRID: SCR_018302). The Molecular Devices ImageXpress is supported by NIH grant 1S10RR026680-01A1.

PerkinElmer Opera Phenix

The imaging work was performed at the BioFrontiers Institute Advanced Light Microscopy Core (RRID: SCR_018302). The PerkinElmer Opera Phenix is supported by NIH grant 1S10OD025072.

Revvity IVIS Lumina III

The imaging work was performed at the BioFrontiers Institute Advanced Light Microscopy Core (RRID: SCR_018302). The Revvity IVIS Lumina III is supported by NIH grant R35GM147455.

Elements Workstation

The data analysis and visualization work was performed at the BioFrontiers Institute Advanced Light Microscopy Core (RRID: SCR_018302).

Imaris Workstation

The data analysis and visualization work was performed at the BioFrontiers Institute Advanced Light Microscopy Core (RRID: SCR_018302). The Analysis Workstation and the software package Imaris were supported by NIH 1S10RR026680-01A1.

Staff-assisted Image Analysis

Image and data analysis was performed by <name of staff> at the BioFrontiers Institute Advanced Light Microscopy Core (RRID: SCR_018302).

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