OH MY GOODNESS! You're here! You're really here!
How cool is that?! ✨ 🎈 🍰
This is your jumping off point to get you up and running with your work in (or collaboration with) the Neural Cognitive Mapping Lab.
(It's currently a work in progress...I really hope you can shape and improve this onboarding experience as you learn!)
You're a person! (So am I!) We're social creatures (to varying degrees.) The traditional first day practice of giving new lab members a pile of papers and say "go read these and understand them" is rather isolating. It's difficult to read scientific papers in a field you don't know, and possibly isn't the best use of your first few days and weeks.
In this repository we're going to work through some tutorials, blogging exercises, reproducing some figures from papers and....so much more 😉.
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Read the NCM Lab code of conduct. Chat with Stef if you have any questions about lab norms or would like to add or change anything in the code of conduct.
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Set up the weekly meetings file by following the guidelines in the Setting-up-your-weekly-meetings.md file.
The NCM Lab meetings are approximately every week and the time needs to be set (as of June 17, 2019). Each meeting will have a different flavor. They may be simple discussions about lab activities, more lecture based by Stef or a lab member to explain a topic to the rest of the lab or a journal club discussion. Members of the NCM Lab are expected to join if they are able and to contribute to the agenda in advance of the meeting whether they are able to attend or not.
- Please read the lab meetings guide for more details.
- You can find the specific dates of the meetings in the [NCM lab's google calendar](The calendar needs to be set up!).
One of the most useful ways for me (Stef) to follow along with your progress is to read blog post summaries of what you've been working on and to read your bi-weekly updates. It's also a great way to share our work with others!
We'll set a schedule for each blog, but please plan on working through the following intro post within the summer months of your time at the Neural Cognitive Mapping Lab.
The only mandatory reading for this onboarding is Matt Might's Illustrated Guide to a PhD. It's a beautiful description of the frustration and wonder of conducting reasearch. Don't forget, whenever things are hard, keep pushing.
The material in Jason Steffener's Lab Guide is partially derived from "Whitaker Lab Project Management" by Dr. Kirstie Whitaker and the Whitaker Lab team, used under CC BY 4.0. Dr. Steffener's Lab Guide is licensed under CC BY 4.0 by [Jason Steffener].