Welcome to the lab! Here’s a general list of onboarding tasks that we’ll work through during 1:1 meetings. Thank you for completing as many as you can by yourself, and reach out with questions.

1. Complete the survey at https://is.gd/ccc_volunteers to register as a volunteer in OSUMC and get an email account.
   • This process involves a background check; Margaret Robinson will contact you about its scheduling and results.
   • Please submit this even if you intend to take research for credit in future semesters.
2. Wetlab training (if applicable)
3. Regular meetings
   1. Gpmtg
      • The timing of this meeting moves, but it’s most frequently Tues at 3p
   2. Project meetings
      • Typically created at gpmtg
   3. Thoracic Oncology Research Collaborative Hub (TORCH)
      • Mondays 2p
   4. 1:1
      • Use the “Bookings” link until you have an OSUMC email account. Then Dan will share his calendar details. Please send meeting invitations for available blocks. If none are available, use”Focus Time”
4. Computational Training
   1. R/RStudio
      • https://moderndive.com/ 
      • ch1-4 & more if desired
   2. GitHub
      • Create an account and send your username to DS to be added to the spakowiczlab organization
      • We recommend interacting with Git through the GitHub Desktop application.
        • install and authenticate
      • Brief tutorial
   3. OSC
      1. DS will invite you to the relevant project
      2. Tutorials and Training
      3. How to connect GitHub to the OSC [video]
   4. Zotero
      • This is our preferred citation manager, though Mendeley is also fine.
5. Locations of data
   1. OneDrive
   2. GitHub 
   3. T: drive
   4. OSC
6. Other communication
   1. Intoduction at gpmtg
   2. Introduction @ TORCH
      1. Other faculty who regularly attend:: {Carbone, He, Memmott, Kaufman, Rolfo}
      2. Schedule presentation 
   3. Key lab member interactions:
      1. Nikki Burnworth [[ admin ]] 
      2. Other lab members (project-specific)