Research papers and protocol organization in labs often lack detailed instructions for repeating experiments. protocols.io is an open-access platform for researchers to collaboratively create step-by-step, interactive and dynamic protocols that can be run on mobile or web. Researchers can share protocols with colleagues, collaborators, the scientific community or make them public, with ease and efficiency. Real-time communication and interaction keep protocols up to date with versioning, forking/copying, Q&A, and troubleshooting. Public protocols receive a DOI and allow open communication with authors and researchers to encourage efficient experimentation and reproducibility. Join this webinar to learn more about protocols.io and the benefits that come with your UC Merced Carbon account.

This workshop will have four parts:

1. Introduction to protocols.io: Learn more about protocols.io's mission, how to discover public protocols, create your own protocols, share methods with others, and how to publish protocols.

2. protocols.io Carbon: We will walk you through how you can set up your Carbon account and we will start working on getting your own protocols up on protocols.io.

3. The Art of Writing Protocols: Receive practical tips on how you can make your methods more reproducible and you will be equipped with a list of best practices for writing protocols.

4. Protocol Importing: Please feel free to bring any protocols that you can start working on at the end of the workshop! We will stay online to answer any questions you have while you start to use protocols.io

We will pause for a Q&A session in the middle of the webinar too, so please feel free to come with any questions about the platform.

Length: 90 minutes

Presented over Zoom: https://ucmerced.zoom.us/j/94502635692?pwd=WTQ5bXVBcy9wVXozaThZb0M5bkNoZz09

Meeting ID: 945 0263 5692

Passcode: protocols

You will also receive the Zoom link and passcode when you RSVP. Only those with UC Merced Zoom accounts will be able to connect to the workshop.