Related Experiment Video
Updated: Sep 19, 2025

Involving Individuals with Developmental Language Disorder and Their Parents/Carers in Research Priority Setting
Published on: June 6, 2020
How has structuring your ideas into protocols contributed to your research progress and facilitated collaboration
1Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada; Institute for Comparative Genomics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada.
None:
Stuck in the middle of a project or degree and unable to see an immediate path forward is a common experience for researchers. In this backstory, Xi shares how tidying up a step-by-step protocol for STAR Protocols has led to unforeseen progress and connections. He has collaborated with the STAR Protocols team to publish five protocols and review three manuscripts. He finds that structuring thoughts in protocol form helps build confidence and explore ideas behind the data, especially when outcomes are unexpected. Additionally, the troubleshooting process can unravel interesting biological questions. For more information on the protocols related to this backstory, please refer to Zhang et al.1,2,3.
Related Concept Videos
Impact of Schemas
Structuralism
Titchener's approach to structuralism was unique. He...
Ethics in Research
Role of Shaping in Operant Conditioning
The steps involved in shaping begin with reinforcing any response that resembles the desired behavior. For example, parents might praise a child for picking up one toy. As...
Structure-Activity Relationships and Drug Design
SAR studies the intricate relationship between a drug's chemical structure and biological activity. It focuses on understanding how modifications to a drug's structure can influence...
Protein Organization
The primary structure of a protein is its amino acid sequence....

