Mac-Theobio hub

The basic structure of this repository:

file	purpose
`README.md`	permanent-ish information relevant to everyone
`archive.md`	record of past lab meeting topics
`links.md`	links to useful online resources
`schedule`	current schedule (google sheet)
`misc`	brain dumping and similar
`modules`	workshop materials and "big" topics
`reading`	(links to) (suggested) readings
`scripts`	administratively useful code, i.e., not just any code

Private lab repo: for lab stuff that cannot be shared pubicly

Events

Times are local unless otherwise indicated, where "local" means Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (EST or EDT, depending on the date).

Lab meetings

This term (Fall 2024) the lab meets weekly on Tuesday at 11:30 in LSB 216 or in the private Zoom. For joint events, there is a public Zoom.

The private and public rooms both require a password. Send JD an e-mail if you can't find it. Feel free to share the password for the public room with colleagues outside of the lab. If you need to "claim host" (e.g. to record a meeting), the host key is 551825.

Please spend about 42.5 minutes preparing for each lab meeting by:

Finding the meeting topic in the schedule spreadsheet
Doing the linked reading (if we are discussing a paper) or installing required software (if we are discussing software).
Thinking about what you want to ask or say.
Thinking about possible topics for future lab meetings.

We plan lab meetings using discussions on the lab zulip. Use the “meeting topics” thread to discuss topics, and the “lab” thread (as well as the schedule spreadsheet) to record decisions.

Lab coffee

On Friday at 14:30, people meet in LSB 216 then go somewhere for coffee and chatter.

Other (keep updated)

Other events of possible interest to lab members:

department	event	time, if active
Biology	Biology seminar	Thursdays at 16:00
Data lunch	Fridays at 12:30
EEB seminar	Wednesdays at 12:30
CSE	CSE seminar	Wednesdays at 12:30
Math and Stats	Math colloquium	Fridays at 15:30
Statistics seminar	Tuesdays at 15:30
MBRS
PNB	PNB colloquium	Thursdays at 14:30

Save the date:

date	event
`2024-04-08`	Great North American Total Solar Eclipse
`2024-10-01`	Theobio Day! 4499^2

Accessing PDF versions of papers

You can use Mac credentials to access library resources off campus. Try appending .libaccess.lib.mcmaster.ca to the domain part of a URL. For example:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27856216/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.libaccess.lib.mcmaster.ca/27856216/

The latter should ask you to log in, and once you do so you should have access to the PDF. It is sometimes better to append to the URL where you actually see the paywall. For example:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022519316303629
https://www.sciencedirect.com.libaccess.lib.mcmaster.ca/science/article/abs/pii/S0022519316303629

It may help to visit the new URL a second time after logging in.

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