OpenWetWare:Presentations/Prather lab

what's a wiki?

 * easy to edit, can't break it, history is tracked.

Prather Lab
 * Get an account: How to join
 * Get started: Getting Started
 * Get help: Help (also a Help link in the menubar on the left)

the mundane
things that you do already offline but might be more effective on the wiki
 * meeting organization (lab meetings, retreat planning, etc)
 * ordering
 * lab jobs
 * equipment pages
 * control experiments, etc.

the practical
things you may not do currently, but which are easy on a wiki
 * long term storage of lab information (protocols)
 * Helps with the rapid turnover of personel in labs, collaborative protocol editing tunes protocols used by several lab members, searchable, information.
 * up-to-date, high content level lab webpage
 * remove the webmaster "bottleneck" - democratized contribution
 * Can even automatically remove the border so it looks nice. (OWW version)

the glitzy
unique opportunities on OpenWetWare
 * publicize your work, prior to publication
 * OWW will probably be the top google hit for your name: google 'Prather Lab' - eek! who are those guys?
 * collaborate
 * find out what people are doing right now across the world or just downstairs
 * shared spaces
 * Shared protocols, materials, equipment, etc.
 * protocol example
 * Hang out with your Synberc friends.

Feedback

 * We're actively looking to make the site more useful to the scientific community, is there anything that you would like to see added?