Why every lab needs a handbook.

Elife

Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, FMRIB, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.

Published: July 2023

AI Article Synopsis

  • A lab handbook serves as a guide that defines the values and expectations within a research group.
  • It details the roles of lab members and promotes a supportive culture that fosters their development as researchers.
  • The text also offers a framework and resources for other labs to create their own effective handbooks.

Article Abstract

A lab handbook is a flexible document that outlines the ethos of a research lab or group. A good handbook will outline the different roles within the lab, explain what is expected of all lab members, provide an overview of the culture the lab aims to create, and describe how the lab supports its members so that they can develop as researchers. Here we describe how we wrote a lab handbook for a large research group, and provide resources to help other labs write their own handbooks.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10317497PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.88853DOI Listing

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