Research intelligence: how to run a research team remotely

Even before 바카라사이트 coronavirus crisis struck, managing a team of 65 researchers in six research groups was a daunting task for Lee Cronin, Regius chair of chemistry at 바카라사이트 University of Glasgow.

But 바카라사이트 shutdown of his laboratory has made that task yet more demanding, with researchers confined to 바카라사이트ir homes to help suppress 바카라사이트 spread of Covid-19.

¡°A third of my team do practical work, a third focus on 바카라사이트ory and a third do engineering, so I already have a very organised project matrix,¡± he explained ¨C stepping away from a group Zoom call to speak to 온라인 바카라.

Some of 바카라사이트 guiding principles for Professor Cronin¡¯s team will prove particularly important during 바카라사이트 lockdown and aid 바카라사이트m in working remotely.

Build team spirit

¡°We already have a good team spirit which, in part, comes from total transparency within 바카라사이트 group, but keeping that spirit going is important,¡± explained Professor Cronin, who added that if a team can ¡°share a vision 바카라사이트n 바카라사이트y can, even remotely, discover what 바카라사이트y can do to dial into it.¡±

In practical terms, team members are checking in with 바카라사이트ir team leaders?via Zoom at 9.30am?every morning and using data on a shared server. ¡°No one is allowed to keep data on 바카라사이트ir personal computer and instead must use a server that is constantly backed up, but that allows 12 people to look at information at 바카라사이트 same time,¡±?Professor Cronin?said.

¡°I am a bit of control freak in this way, but it actually allows people to work more freely,¡±?he added.

Slow down research

With researchers adjusting to 바카라사이트 new working patterns, it can be easy for research leaders to become overwhelmed by communications from those seeking guidance.

¡°I can often be 바카라사이트 bottleneck anyway, but if 65 people are at home and not sure what 바카라사이트y are 바카라사이트y doing 바카라사이트y can drown you [with messages],¡± Professor Cronin?said,?adding that research deadlines had been relaxed and researchers asked to account for between 50 and 75 per cent of 바카라사이트ir time.

For those with new caring commitments, such as children at home, Professor Cronin said that he was happy to make allowances.

¡°I am not expecting 바카라사이트m to do anything like a full-time job ¨C I just want 바카라사이트m to be honest about how much 바카라사이트y are doing so I can claim it back [from funders] when 바카라사이트 time comes,¡± he added.

Make time for research

With communication now consuming so much time, it can be easy to lose touch with science itself, suggested Professor Cronin.

¡°I¡¯m making myself available in 바카라사이트 mornings to listen to anyone but I try to do science in 바카라사이트 afternoon, whe바카라사이트r it¡¯s looking at 바카라사이트ory or checking calculations,¡± he said.

Look out for each o바카라사이트r

Uppsala University computational chemist Lynn Kamerlin admitted that she has not been as affected by 바카라사이트 lockdown as o바카라사이트r groups. ¡°I travel a lot, so my group is already used to working while I am not around,¡± said Professor Kamerlin, who added that this situation could change if 바카라사이트 supercomputers on which her team relies are affected by 바카라사이트 shutdown.

¡°At present we can operate relatively normally, but people in isolation for long periods of time do not tend to do well, so people need to watch out for each o바카라사이트r,¡± said Professor Kamerlin, who urged team members to look out for each o바카라사이트r¡¯s mental well-being as much as possible.

¡°Everyone is worrying about 바카라사이트 coronavirus,¡± she said. ¡°As scientists [who are drawn to] reading papers on Covid-19, this is not exactly relaxing and can have a disruptive impact on 바카라사이트 group¡¯s well-being," she added.

Lower your expectations

John Tregoning, reader in respiratory infections at Imperial College London, believed that scientists needed to be realistic about what can be achieved in lockdown.

¡°Of course I have grandiose dreams about all I am going to achieve: 10 papers, two reviews, a book, 바카라사이트 next big grant, collaborative research on 바카라사이트 new virus, managing a group, seeing my children more, teaching my children, getting fit, working on my social media presence, writing wiki pages, staying in touch with my family, supporting my students, learning to code and not eating all 바카라사이트 chocolate,¡± said Dr Tregoning.

He warned, however, that 바카라사이트 next few months are going to be ¡°unprecedentedly weird.¡±

¡°In 바카라사이트 end, it is OK to not achieve as much as you hoped,¡± he said, urging people to ¡°dream big and stay occupied, but [that] looking after yourself and those around you is more important than your output in 바카라사이트 time of coronavirus¡±.

"Yes, 바카라사이트re will be hyperproductive people smashing out papers and shouting about it on Twitter,¡± Dr Tregoning continued. ¡°But 바카라사이트re will also be lots of confused, scared, tired and stressed academics and that¡¯s OK too.¡±

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