Literature Search and Management

• Zotero – A free online reference manager that integrates with Google Docs and Microsoft Word. The Nicholas lab has a shared library.
• Researcher.life – An online platform designed to foster collaboration, networking, and knowledge sharing among researchers from diverse disciplines. Great for searching, and managing research papers.
• Iris.ai – An AI-powered research tool that assists in discovering and navigating scientific literature efficiently.
• ImmunoloGPT – An AI triained on immunology literature that answers prompts and returns links to peer review published articles.

Manuscript Writing

NIH Style Grant Writing

• How to Write a Biosketch – A blog on writing NIH style biosketches.

Local

• SoCalFlow Summit – The annual meeting of the Southern California Association for Flow Cytometry it is held annually in April. All Nicholas lab members are expected to attend in some capacity.
• IFI Fair – The UCI Institute for Immunology annual research symposium. Graduates students are expected to present in poster or oral format.
• Immunology LA – This annual immunology meeting is every summer (June). Students interested in going may qualify for free lodging. This meeting is optional for Nicholas Lab members
• La Jolla Immunology Conference – An annual meeting in San Diego for immunologists. It is recommended that trainees attend this meeting once to expand thier network.

National

• ENDO – The annual meeting of the endocrine society. Trainees are expected to attend and present at either this meeting or AAI each year.
• AAI – The annual meeting of the endocrine society. Trainees are expected to attend and present at either this meeting or ENDO each year.
• FASEB conferences – topic specific conferences organized by lead researchers in the field. Trainees should attend one of these meetings as a senior grad student or postdoc.
• Gordon Research conferences – topic specific conferences organized by lead researches in the field. Trainess should attend one of these meetings as a senior grad student or posdoc

Undergrad

• ABRCMS
• SACNAS

There are many other conferences that may be of interest to students. Depending on the opportunity, funding, and research, trainees may attend a conference they find useful for their development.

• Stem Tea Podcast – Welcome to the STEM Tea podcast! The series all about the latest in social, societal and scientific developments in STEM, from establishing healthy and productive research environments to navigating difficult conversations about diversity, equity, accessibility and inclusion.
• Minority Postdoc.org – The premier web portal on the minority postdoctoral experience featuring news, articles, resources, and events about jobs, career advice, professional development, funding, fellowships, mentoring, and diversity issues.
• Job Resources to website – https://www.edsjoblist.com/