Define collaboration questions and project scope before work begins
Brown Virtual Lab and Robins Lab collaboration
Robins Lab at Dartmouth
Dartmouth collaboration hubA dedicated asynchronous home for work shared by the Brown Virtual Lab and the Robins Lab community at Dartmouth.
Purpose and place
A local home with a direct path into the wider Brown Virtual Lab.
This crew space gathers introductions, project charters, template assignments, decision records, contribution evidence, manuscript movement, and the meeting moments that require live conversation.
Local research authority, institutional requirements, data permissions, team decisions, and supervision remain visible within each project record. Brown Virtual Lab contributes its remote collaboration, scholarly development, and publication stewardship system.
Enter the complete curriculum for this spaceShared work
What this crew can carry together.
Match local expertise with Brown Virtual Lab methods and publication pathways
Assign reusable project templates to the crew and named contributors
Preserve decisions, contributions, readiness gates, and manuscript provenance
Use live meetings for decisions, mentorship, interpretation, and relationship building
Asynchronous by design
Routine work moves asynchronously, and live meetings deepen continuity.
01Asynchronous project boards and contribution records remain the daily workspace
02A concise weekly pulse gathers progress, decisions, questions, and impediments
03Focused live sessions are scheduled when shared interpretation or approval is needed
04Publication and authorship review follows documented contribution and accountability
Live project record
Assigned pathways
Gathering the current assignments.
Permission-governed directory
People in this space
Gathering approved introductions.
Shared covenant
Rigor, generosity, traceability, and local responsibility travel together.
- Protect people, permissions, confidential information, and institutional authority.
- Document decisions, contributions, evidence, revisions, and unresolved uncertainty.
- Use the appropriate secure pathway for data, manuscript files, credentials, and restricted materials.
- Connect authorship and recognition with documented contribution and accountability.
- Return learning to the local crew and the wider Brown Virtual Lab community.