GEM-NET: Lessons in Multi-Institution Teamwork Using Collaboration Software.

ABSTRACT: The Center for Genetically Encoded Materials (C-GEM) is an NSF Phase I Center for Chemical Innovation that comprises six laboratories spread across three university campuses. Our success as a multi-institution research team demanded the development of a software infrastructure, GEM-NET, that allows all C-GEM members to work together seamlessly-as though everyone was in the same room. GEM-NET was designed to support both science and communication by integrating task management, scheduling, data sharing, and collaborative document and code editing with frictionless internal and public communication; it also maintains security over data and internal communications. In this Article, we document the design and implementation of GEM-NET: our objectives and motivating goals, how each component co

SUBMITTER: Gaffney SG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6661976 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature