dictyBase Help: Colleague New Entry/Update Form
dictyBase Help: Colleague New Entry/Update Form
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The Colleague New Entry/Update Form allows you to send information about yourself to dictyBase.
If you are adding a new colleague entry to dictyBase, fill in the information that you would like to be publicly available. Note that Last Name, First Name, and E-mail address are required.
Enter your last name and first name in the boxes provided. If you have a suffix (eg. Jr., Sr.), choose it from the pulldown menu. You may also enter your Job Title, Profession, Organization, and Address information.
If you are a resident of the United States or Canada, select your State or Province from the pulldown menus. Do not enter anything in the Region box. If you are not a resident of the United States or Canada, you may enter a Region and a Country.
You may also enter phone or fax numbers and may specify whether the number is a lab phone, department fax, etc. by using the pulldown menu.
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Associates/Colleagues: There are three separate sections where you can list associates or collaborators. You can use the three different sections to distinguish yourself from being a member of a lab versus being a P.I. You can also list your other collaborators or associates.
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If you are a supervisor, advisor, or P.I., enter the names of students, post-docs, technicians, and other lab members in the FIRST section under "Your Associates/Collaborators".
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- If you have a supervisor, advisor, or P.I., you can enter the name(s) in the SECOND section under "Your Associates/Collaborators".
- In the THIRD section under "Your Associates/Collaborators", you may enter any other collaborators or associates that you did not list in the previous sections (ie. associates who are not members of your lab or your P.I.).
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Research Interests: You may enter a brief (less than 250 words) description of your research interests in this section.
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Keywords: You may enter keywords that describe your research, such as cell movement or biological databases.
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Comments: You may enter any comments or announcements that you would like to be publicly displayed at dictyBase, such as "I will be on sabbatical from June 2003 until January 2004." You may also use this box to send a message to the dictyBase curator who will be reviewing your Entry/Update. When you have completed the form, click the Submit button at the bottom of the page to retrieve a verification form.
The verification form allows you to proofread your colleague Entry/Update. In the "Your Associates/Collaborators" section of the verification form, be sure to choose the correct colleagues as your associates. Hyperlinked names correspond to entries that already exist in dictyBase. Check the box next to the name that you wish to display on your entry, but please use existing entries whenever available.
When you are sure that all the information is correct, click the Submit button at the bottom of the page to send this information to dictyBase. You will receive a confirmation e-mail when a curator processed the form and the information becomes available on dictyBase.
