Welcome to the Spakowicz Lab! This page brings together the practical information and lab conventions that can help you get started and find your way as your project develops.
Before you begin: If you are still exploring whether to join, start with the guide that matches your role: undergraduate researchers, graduate students, or postdocs. Each role has a different process for evaluating fit before onboarding.
After that process, Dan may direct you to begin onboarding. We’ll work through the checklist together during 1:1 meetings. Please complete what you can independently and ask questions whenever something is unclear.
Getting Started
- Onboarding checklist: Start here for account setup, collaboration tools, meetings, and computational training.
- Research training: Review the training information and confirm with Dan which requirements apply to your work.
Working Together
- How we use Slack: How we ask questions, share progress, and learn from one another.
- User manual for Dan: A guide to working with Dan.
- Group meeting (gpmtg): How we use our regular lab meeting.
- Scheduling meetings: Guidance for arranging time to meet.
Organizing Your Project
- Where Lab Files Live: A Guide to Data Storage: What belongs in Teams, GitHub, OSC, and the T drive, including our project folder conventions and rules for PHI-containing data.
- Internal files: Org-only downloads from this private GitHub repository.
These resources are here to support you throughout your time in the lab. If something is confusing or out of date, please raise it so we can improve the guidance together.