Research papers and protocol organization in labs often lack detailed instructions for repeating experiments. protocols.io is an open-access platform for researchers to 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, Q&A, and troubleshooting. Public protocols receive a DOI and allow open communication with authors and researchers to encourage efficient experimentation and reproducibility.

This workshop will have three 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. 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.
    
3. protocols.io Premium: We will walk you through how you can set up your free account and we will start working on getting your own protocols up on protocols.io.

Note: The protocols.io Premium edition is only available for the Harvard Longwood Campus (learn more).

Please bring your own protocols that you can start working on at the workshop!

This event is open to HMS, HSDM, and HSPH affiliates only. You will be asked to register with a corresponding email.

Contact Julie Goldman if you have any questions.