Nearly two years ago, I joined @anne_churchland's lab @CSHL to work on some large, international project.
Little did I know how much there would be to learn; and how I'd learn so many unexpected things.
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First, switching species. I'd only ever done experiments in psychology and cognitive neuroscience, on human undergraduate volunteers. Learning to work with mice was relatively OK with the guidance of so many folks in
@IntlBrainLab. e.g. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.11634726 ….pic.twitter.com/nXUatV5ZRzPrikaži ovu nit -
Systems neuro is also much, much more engineering heavy than I was prepared for. 3D printing? Circuit diagrams? Soldering? Arduinos? Without the fantastic team (with especially
@guido_meijer and@SanworksLLC ), I'd still be stuck with a pile of screws that don't fit.pic.twitter.com/N9oODGr1N5Prikaži ovu nit -
I mused this difference between human & animal neurosci before:https://anneurai.net/2018/10/17/of-men-and-mice-a-cognitive-neuroscientist-in-a-biology-lab/ …
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Then, there's the social aspect of working in a group of 20-ish people, all in their own labs/countries. Ah, the politics, the management, the people-skills. All the stuff I arrogantly considered unnecessary bla-bla during my PhD. The things that keep you from doing science.pic.twitter.com/Y9FhmiNG1F
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How wrong I was. Finding ways to productively, respectfully work together has been really challenging and rewarding. It makes a much, much bigger difference than I'd anticipated. Thanks to
@MainenLab and especially@laurenewool for being a shining light on this.pic.twitter.com/fkcoKvOo3XPrikaži ovu nit -
The secrets? Probably nothing new for people in medium-sized organizations. Stay tuned for a Current Opinion in Neurobiology piece by
@laurenewool where she'll share many insights about the nature of collaborative work, responsibility and team dynamics.Prikaži ovu nit -
@BerkGercek25 wrote a nice piece for@SCglobalbrain on approaches we've taken to integrate experimental and theoretical neuroscientists:https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2019/10/28/herding-cats-for-effective-neuroscience-collaboration-across-continents/ …Prikaži ovu nit -
Let's be clear: not everything is sunshine and rainbows. We have a lot of meetings (they've gotten much more efficient & useful over time), and working in a team requires constant compromise.pic.twitter.com/ErAgX1umtx
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I also think a lot about institutional history. How do we keep track of discussions and decisions, so that they're transparent for everyone in the team? Without Gdrive,
@SlackHQ and@zoom_us recordings this project would long ago have disappeared into a swamp of emails.pic.twitter.com/WrLHrXDGszPrikaži ovu nit -
To communicate effectively, it's been absolutely crucial to have people at every intersection between different subgroups (e.g. the mouse behavior working group that produced this paper, the neurophysiology working group, and the data architecture working group).
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People have different affinities for such 'glue' work, which is fine. Having dedicated coordinators (in this case Gaelle Chapuis, our technical manager without who this paper likely would be a mess) is absolutely vital to herd all the cats/scientists.pic.twitter.com/hIpEnyn5ef
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I feel very lucky to have been a part of
@IntlBrainLab from its early days, and proud of our first experimental paper. Now, off to record some spikes!pic.twitter.com/pf1660eQDHPrikaži ovu nit
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"A standardized and reproducible method to measure decision-making in mice"