Checklist when first starting out

  • Check out the “Essential Info” wiki page

  • add yourself to the baron-lab outlook group to receive group emails. Group meetings are also added to the calendar associated with that group.
    • If you are in outlook on your desktop, scroll to the bottom of the mailbox and you will see a groups tab. Right click and browse and you can add to them.
    • Outlook on the web you will find it under the people section. Images are attached to show you what it would look like. When searching for more groups most of them can be found searching for rri or Robarts.

  • Your department should have given you instructions to set up your UWO identity. It is used for many things (email, server access, etc)

  • If he has not done it, remind CB to:
    • email Rebecca Nash (rnash@robarts.ca) to get Robarts building access. She will also give you other useful information.
    • make a ticket with IT to add you to RRI-U-Baron group to give access to servers and datashare (UWO credentials)
    • email Igor (isolovey@robarts.ca) to get access to git.cfmm.robarts.ca with (UWO credentials)
    • add you to slack

  • request a “standard user account” for the CBS computational server. See Computational Server Wiki

  • provide Dr. Baron with a picture and short statement about yourself so that he can add your profile to https://baronlab.ca (look at other profiles for examples)

  • decide on a day for weekly one-on-one meetings with Dr. Baron. The purpose of this is to troubleshoot problems and to simply keep Dr. Baron informed of how things are going.

  • turn on notifications for #baronlab and #general channels on slack, and whatever else is related to your project.

  • If performing scanning for your project, get signed off on SOPs for access to CFMM MRI Facility (Appendix 3 at https://cfmm.uwo.ca/resources/sops.html).

  • install zoom for virtual meetings, which you have access to via UWO. See https://wts.uwo.ca/zoom/index.html

EDI

Working hours and location

The Baron Lab supports a healthy work-life balance.

  • Trainees are requested to be present on-site during the “core hours” of 10 am to 3 pm as much as they can manage because face-to-face time with their peers is essential for creating a positive work atmosphere, improving mental health, building professional relationships, mentorship, and forming collaborations.
    • If this is difficult for you, alternative arrangements are completely acceptable. Please discuss alternative arrangements with Dr. Baron.
  • Dr. Baron does not require trainees to ask for permission to take time off for single or partial days off. For longer vacations please notify Dr. Baron.

Authorship

Authorship on publications requires a meaningful contribution to its intellectual content, and author order is in order of decreasing contribution with the supervisor(s) appearing last. Note that even a contribution that required little time may still represent meaningful contribution. People that provided support that was not an intellectual contribution can sometimes be acknowledged in the “Acknowledgements” section (e.g., somebody taught you how to use software that you ended up using for the analysis, but they did not participate in the analysis/interpretation of data for the paper in question). Sometimes authorship is not clear-cut; if in any doubt please do not hesitate to contact Dr. Baron. Co-first-author is appropriate for collaborative work where multiple people had similar net contribution to the research.

Expectations

Trainees should expect Dr. Baron to treat them with kindness and respect and provide accommodations when needed. They should expect a turn-around time of no more than 1 week for reviewing manuscripts/presentations (usually ~48 hr). They should expect Dr. Baron to foster a positive and supportive lab environment.

Dr. Baron expects trainees to treat him and other members of the lab with kindness and respect. He expects trainees to work with self-motivation, read literature related to their project, provide him with enough advance notice to review/edit their work or provide reference letters before deadlines, and to come to him when they need help. Trainees are expected to help each other when possible and contribute to a positive lab environment.

Feedback

Feedback to Dr. Baron about any lab policy is extremely welcome and encouraged. Anonymous feedback to Dr. Baron is welcome through a typed note slid under his office door.