Keeping Productive and Sane
Here are the various links and things I've been sending out while we're all the doing the work from home thing:
Work and career:
- UK safety training
- LabArchives electronic lab notebook: LabArchives.com and intro video and UK's LabArchives page
- GraphPad Prism: 30-day free trial and online stats/data visualisation training
- Learn to program using Python:
- https://www.pcworld.com/article/3287981/best-python-courses.html
- https://online-learning.harvard.edu/course/using-python-research
- https://medium.com/swlh/5-free-python-courses-for-beginners-to-learn-online-e1ca90687caf
- https://www.java67.com/2017/05/top-7-free-python-programming-books-pdf-online-download.html
- A web-based set of Python tutorials: https://pynative.com
- Some exercises to practice what you're learning about Python
- RCR training
- VPRs COVID-19 Research Activities Guidance
- Learn a language: duolingo.com
- Free drawing/illustration program: Inkscape
- Protein/nucleic acid modeling program:
- PyMol
- PyMol help
- The Protein DataBank (source of structures)
- EdgeforScholars: Lab-related things to do at home
- Biorender webinar registrations:
- Figures: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ujJukuLhTnqaZPvyrJxkgg?utm_campaign=BR+Learning+Hub%3A+PIs&utm_content=PI_Remote_Webinar&utm_medium=email_action&utm_source=customer.io
- Posters: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_AWaX78f3QgyVdDni1pv-jg?utm_campaign=BR+Learning+Hub%3A+PIs&utm_content=PI_Remote_Webinar&utm_medium=email_action&utm_source=customer.io
- Biorender-ing 101
- Bioinformatics online courses:
- Bio-Rad lifesciences educational material
- 13th Annual NIH Career Symposium (May 8)
- Graphic design course (NOT free)
Professional development:
- Aurora (by Beyond the Professoriate) https://gradschool.uky.edu/aurora-beyond-professoriate
- Imagine PhD https://gradschool.uky.edu/imaginephd
- The Versatile PhD https://gradschool.uky.edu/versatile-phd
- 20-Minute Mentor Commons https://gradschool.uky.edu/20-minute-mentor-commons
- National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity https://www.facultydiversity.org
- UK Office of Professional Enhancement Zoom office hours https://ukgraduateschool-grubbs.as.me/schedule.php
- Career development webinars from the Biophysical Society (free!) - Also use this link to sign up for upcoming webinars!
- Edge for Scholars
- Free online courses at Harvard
- Ten simple rules for...
- Ten simple rules for innovative dissemination of research
- Ten simple rules for more objective decision-making
- Ten Simple Rules for landing on the right job after your PhD or postdoc
- Udemy.com - online course provider (having a big sale as of May 6)
- Considering submitting an NRSA?
- What I Wish I’d Known Before I Wrote My K
- On the Market: A Job Hunt Round-up
Health and wellbeing:
- Contact family and friends daily!
- Free Science of Well-being online course
- Exercise at home 1
- Exercise at home 2
- UK Counseling Center
- UKNow COVID-19 Q&A with Becky Dutch
- Edge for Scholars (it's good for this too!)
- UK's COVID-19 financial aid page
- UK's Community of Concern (use if you need the Student Emergency Fund or if you need other help/assistance)
- Dealing with stress and anxiety
Working from home:
- Tips for working from home
- Keeping a routine
- Minimizing distractions
- Online video conferencing
- How to thrive in your job and career while WFH
- WFH without losing your mind
- Essay from Nature
- Done with your parking permit?
- Get your writing done
- Avoid the dreaded Zoom bomb
Staying sane:
- Have you called friends and family today?
- Free online entertainment suggestions from the Huffpost
- Sea otter cam!
- Graeters ice-cream (they deliver!)
- Netflix Party
- Keeping the kids (or parents) occupied
- Do you have social distancing syndrome?
Feeling generous?
