Philosophy of science - glasgowlab/home GitHub Wiki

Choosing and solving problems

Deciding how to spend your time

• Problem choice and decision trees in science and engineering
• How to choose a good scientific problem

Strategies for thinking creatively and working through difficult problems

• It takes two to think
• Night science
• The importance of stupidity in scientific research

Scholarly activities

How to write good papers

• Whitesides Group: writing a paper
• Point of View: Tell me a story (Elife)
• Manuscript outline (make a copy)

How to make figures

• Figures template
• Beautifying protein structures in PyMOL
  • PyMOLWiki
  • A guide to setting up custom .pymolrc settings
  • Lab PyMOL visualization settings
• Affinity Designer: helpful links
  • Learning portal
  • YouTube channel
  • Help forums and FAQ
• Columbia also has a ChemDraw license. Use ChemDraw to make chemical structures (as vector art).

How to read papers and navigate the scientific literature

• Navigating the scientific literature
• Ten simple rules for reading a scientific paper
• Jamie Fraser's guide to RSS feeds

How to write a research proposal

• Structuring a research proposal