Sample preparation | Guidance on routine sample preparation with standard protocol | Simple acknowledgement |
| Development of new sample preparation protocols | Inclusion of specific facility member on author list | |
| Optimization of existing protocols for specific samples | ||
Data acquisition | Training of users to acquire/sort samples themselves | Simple acknowledgement |
| Help at instruments – setting gates and adjusting parameters | ||
| Sorting cells | ||
| Design or re-design of experimental conditions | Inclusion of specific facility member on author list | |
Data analysis | Recommendation of analysis software tools and basic help with data analysis | Simple acknowledgement |
| Creation of complex custom data analysis | Inclusion of specific facility member on author list |
Modified form the Royal Microscopical Society's Core Facilities Publication Policy.