Guild, A Jekyll Theme for Your Lab's Website

Introduction

Guild is a cutomizable Jekyll theme for easily building lab websites. Its development was inspired by the dearth of modern lab websites (i.e. updated within the last 5 years). When I was applying for graduate school, these were my first virtual contact with a PI's research. Obviously, research papers are more representative of the interests of a research group, but lab websites help a lot during the first pass.

Tutorial

To be created.

Naming

Let's start with the definition of "guild", specifically the second bullet point. "An association of people for mutual aid or the pursuit of a common goal." Don't you find that the definition captures the fraternity of academic labs?

In fact, I think it would sound so much cooler if we talked about research guilds instead of research labs. Alas, I don't think I'll see that change during my lifetime.

guild
noun

• a medieval association of craftsmen or merchants, often having considerable power.
  • an association of people for mutual aid or the pursuit of a common goal.
  • Ecology a group of species that have similar requirements and play a similar role within a community.