Blog posts from the lab

Konrad’s blog has moved to Substack. New posts appear at Rethinking Brains, Data, and Science. The posts below are kept here as an archive.

LLMs for Paper Writing

posted on June 3, 2024

by: Jordan Matelsky Much has been said about AI language models’ role in scientific publishing (see also Mapping the Increasing Use of LLMs in Scientific Papers) and the implications of...

Lab Teaching: Docker 101 for reproducible science

posted on October 28, 2022

Docker 101 for Reproducible Science By Jordan Matelsky See the video version of this Lab Teaching on YouTube. A brief note — I will use the term “Docker” to refer...

How to have productive meetings with busy mentors

posted on June 30, 2021

How to have productive meetings with busy mentors by Ari Benjamin with help from Ilenna Jones and Nidhi Seethapathi It can take a few years before meetings really start feeling...

Redesigning our lab practices

posted on December 20, 2019

by Ari Benjamin. Every lab is a set of practices, traditions, recurring events, and expectations. These practices determine the daily rhythms of its members. They affect personal growth, research quality,...