Acknowledging use of the Peptide-Protein Materials Center, and its associated MRSEC support, in your publications is very critical to the success and evaluation of the center. Acknowledgements help us demonstrate the Center’s value to the University of Delaware research community and contribute tremendously to our efforts to secure funding for new instruments and services so we can continue, as well as add to, our services and capabilities.

Acknowledgement Language

If you use any of the facilities and instrumentation within the PPMC, then the following acknowledgement statement must be included in related publications:

“The authors acknowledge the use of facilities and instrumentation supported by the National Science Foundation through the University of Delaware Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, DMR-2011824.”

If you use the UPLC/MS Xevo, UPLC/MS SQD2, or NMR, then the following acknowledgement statement should be included in related publications:

“The authors acknowledge the use of facilities and instrumentation supported by the National Science Foundation through the University of Delaware Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, DMR-2011824 and by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences – NIGMS (P20-GM104316) from the National Institutes of Health.”

If a publication is primarily or partially supported through the MRSEC, then the following acknowledgment statement should be included:

“This research was primarily/partially supported by the National Science Foundation through the University of Delaware Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, DMR-2011824. Additional support received from . . . ”