Ten Tips For Keeping a Better Lab Notebook

[@uquantum]

So useful! Loved the tips about wider margins, and the time lock (daily time) so it gets updated and reviewed daily.

[@malv4935]

Going to start my undergraduate thesis next week and I just got my notebook today. These tips are great! Thank you!

[@Goldbio]

You're so welcome!

[@Chicken-or-watermelon]

Thanks! Started my final year project this week and was hoping to get everything right from the get-go.

[@Sohmurr]

The best tip is to use an electronic lab notebook. There are numerous options available; but our lab uses Benchling, and I highly recommend it. It's intuitive, free (academic version is anyway), secure, automatically dates entries and changes, and can link up to external sources where you keep additional data (OneDrive, Dropbox, and Google Drive). It also makes it incredibly easy to share protocols or data and has a built-in suite of molecular biology tools. Regardless of what option you choose, use of an electronic lab notebook should be the standard.

[@Goldbio]

Thanks for the suggestion. You're totally right about that. But we wanted to get the info out there first for hand-written notebooks. We did a video series on using Evernote as an electronic notebook. This was a while back however, and I know there are new platforms that are becoming more popular. We also did a few articles about electronic lab notebooks (also a while ago). Some labs are still a little nervous about instituting them for security reasons, but they are definitely amazing. The tagging and sharing capabilities are also a huge benefit. www.goldbio.com/articles/article/top-5-electronic-lab-notebooks-for-academic-and-personal-use www.goldbio.com/articles/article/the-pros-and-cons-of-using-an-electronic-lab-notebook-eln

[@latetodagame1892]

I think the professor I worked under poured a glass of wine before she'd write a long entry. 🍷😂🎉

[@ishmaellaryeatetteh9357]

Good information, but the background music is too loud and competes with the voice

[@handapushp1798]

This is helpful ❤️

[@fabioromano7643]

Molto inspirante

[@هناءعبدالستار-ذ8خ]

Thanks superuseful