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Tag: onboarding

  • Some policies of my research by G.V. Pavan Kumar

    https://backscattering.blog/2024/03/31/some-policies-of-my-research/

  • Chory Lab Handbook

    by Emma J Chory https://www.chorylab.com/lab-handbook

  • Keeping a lab notebook

    By Katherine Rogers Your lab notebook is your external brain containing the exact details of everything you did in lab. You will consult this many times over several years to guide your research and to write the methods sections in your publications 🙂 It is a valuable resource as well as alegally required document. Keeping…

  • Ten simple rules for developing a mentor – mentee expectations document

    https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005709&type=printable

  • A guide to setting up and managing a lab at a research-intensive institution

    https://bmcproc.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12919-021-00214-7

  • Sanders Lab Expectations, Vanderbilt University

    by Chuck Sanders https://structbio.vanderbilt.edu/sanders/Sanders_Lab_Guide_Comprehensive.pdf

  • Katherine Rogers Lab Guidelines

    By Katherine Rogers Science is challenging; don’t make it harder than it needs to be. These guidelines are meant to avoid unnecessary frustration so we can focus on the interesting stuff. Scientific Philosophy Equipment/Reagents/Lab Space/Colleagues Writing and Feedback Presentations Yearly and Mid-Year Reviews

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