Open science practices in biology labs

MorphoFun commented 4 years ago

Project Lead: @MorphoFun

Mentor: @fpsom

Welcome to OLS-1! This issue will be used to track your project and progress during the program. Please use this checklist over the next few weeks as you start Open Life Science program :tada:.

Before Week 1 (Jan 20): Meet your mentor!

[x] Create an account on GitHub
[x] Complete your own copy of the open leadership self-assessment and share it to your mentor

If you're a group, each teammate should complete this assessment individually. This is here to help you set your own personal goals during the program. No need to share your results, but be ready to share your thoughts with your mentor.
[x] Make sure you know when and how you'll be meeting with your mentor.

Before Week 2 (Jan 27): Cohort Call (Welcome to Open Life Science!)

[x] Create an issue on the OLS-1 GitHub repository for your OLS work and share the link to your mentor.
[x] Draft a brief vision statement using your goals

This lesson from the Open Leadership Training Series (OLTS) might be helpful
[ ] Leave a comment on this issue with your draft vision statement & be ready to share this on the call
[x] Check the Syllabus for notes and connection info for all the cohort calls.

Before Week 3 (Feb 3): Meet your mentor!

[ ] Look up two other projects and comment on their issues with feedback on their vision statement
[ ] Complete this compare and contrast assignment about current and desired community interactions and value exchanges
[ ] Complete your Open Canvas (instructions, canvas)
[ ] Share a link to your Open Canvas in your GitHub issue
[ ] Start your Roadmap
[ ] Comment on your issue with your draft Roadmap
[ ] Suggest a cohort name at the bottom of the shared notes and vote on your favorite with a +1

Before Week 4 (Feb 10): Cohort Call (Tooling and roadmapping for Open projects)

[ ] Look up two other projects and comment on their issues with feedback on their open canvas.

Week 5 and more

[ ] Create a GitHub repository for your project
[ ] Add the link to your repository in your issue
[ ] Use your canvas to start writing a README.md file, or landing page, for your project
[ ] Link to your README in a comment on this issue
[ ] Add an open license to your repository as a file called LICENSE.md
[ ] Add a Code of Conduct to your repository as a file called CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
[ ] Invite new contributors to into your work!

This issue is here to help you keep track of work as you start Open Life Science program. Please refer to the OLS-1 Syllabus for more detailed weekly notes and assignments past week 4.

MorphoFun commented 4 years ago

Vision

I am working with my OLS mentor (@fpsom) to develop a resource for academics to build an open and inclusive community in their lab, whether it be for research or education. The goal would be to produce a website on GitHub that contains templates for enabling open science practices within a lab community (e.g., Code of Conduct, list of resources for commonly asked questions, open lab notebooks) in addition to clear contribution guidelines to encourage engagement from the broader community. Benefactors of this project would include junior faculty currently setting up new labs, senior faculty seeking to increase inclusivity of their lab, and early career researchers looking to prepare for teaching or leading their own labs in the future.

cassgvp commented 4 years ago

Hey @MorphoFun, There are definitely bits of our projects we could develop together. I've love to share findings and resources with you! See #15 😊.

Karvovskaya commented 4 years ago

Hi @MorphoFun ! I really like that your project is oriented towards developing solutions. Resources are very much needed. I would love to know how you motivate researchers to contribute to the development of resources.

SamGuay commented 4 years ago

Hi @MorphoFun!

I'm def going to share your initiative with my bio friends. We were discussing the matter the other day and I couldn't point them toward a direction, but now I can. This will be relevant to other fields as well.

Have you visited some Open Lab on the Open Science Framework?

Right now these resources come to mind, the first two being really complete lab manuals:

Hopefully they can give you some ideas!

ChiaraBertipaglia commented 4 years ago

the last bit of your statement made me think of "lab diversity statements" (I like this example https://www.heemstralab.com/current) And a huge +1 to lab manuals! The Aly Lab manual rocks!

billbrod commented 4 years ago

Here's two more examples of lab manuals from Kirstie Whitaker and David V. Smith -- I agree, lab manuals are great!

davidviryachen commented 4 years ago

A very interesting project! What do you think about sharing lab protocols?

christinerogers commented 4 years ago

Seconding this example for guides on Open Science practice -- 👍

https://conp.ca/open-your-lab-notebook/

bruno-soares commented 4 years ago

I'm really interested in your project! I have just finished my PhD and I still I've been trying to think how I'm gonna be able to apply those ideas when I'm leading a research group.

yochannah commented 4 years ago

Hi Project Leads,

  This is your project report file:

https://hackmd.io/1YWLPr44Qf6SYarFyWW9mw?both

Please start working on it for the final presentation. We will send more info in the weekly email.

  Best, 

OLS team 

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Open science practices in biology labs #11

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