Section: Live by example and stay focused 1. Re: The case of Immunologist Anna Mondino, at the San Raffaele Scientific Institute in Milan, Italy. 2. Background/Context:

• Lab shutdown: March 1, 2020
• First virtual "virtual lab" meeting on March 13, 2020 to review data, and plan for the experiment's completion
• Tools used: WhatsApp for group chat

Section: Keep distance, but keep socializing 1. Re: Jennifer Nemhauser is a developmental and synthetic biologist whose lab at the University of Washington in Seattle studies signalling pathways in plants 2. Background/Context:

• On March 1, 2020, the University encouraged the lab leaders to encourage the member to work from home.
• Tools used:
  • Google Group: For email exchanges for resource sharing.
  • Google Sheet: For organizing tasks (list) and prioritizing them, and keeping track with emergency supply orders
  • DropBox and Google Drive: To figure out data to share, analyze, and back-up.
  • Zoom: For "journal club" to discuss paper for a shared sense of interests and support psychological wellbeing.

Section: Stay ahead of the curve 1. Re: Rafael Carazo Salas, Head of a lab at the University of Bristol, UK, for stem-cell differentiation. 2. Background/Context:

• On March 12, 2020
• Google Sheet: Sign-in sheet to plan and organize shared lab schedule for the members social distancing.
• Skype: For one-on-one weekly sessions with each lab member.
• Zoom: Weekly lab meetings.
• Slack: It was already in use, but the use has increased ("around the clock") to connect with each other.
• Trello or TeamGantt: Planned to be used for project-planning soon to for more strategic resource/task allocations and be clear with expected dates and milestones.

Section: Collect loads of data 1. Re: Ru Gunawardane directs the Stem Cells and Gene Editing group at the Allen Institute for Cell Science in Seattle, Washington. 2. Background/Context:

• Lab shutdown: March 6, 2020
• Gathered as much data as they could gather so that it can be analyzed remotely.
• Slack: To add action items for the group for a shared sense of goal and productivity.
• Slack & Zoom: To train junior members how to analyze the genetic data. Colleagues teach others how to use new software for the analyses, and brainstorm how to cross-train each other.
• Excel Spreadsheet: As a genetic database and plot charts
• Evernote & Confluence: For Gunawardane's personal institutional goals and milestone tracking.

Section: See the glass as half full

1. Re: Federica Di Nicolantonio studies the epigenetics of colorectal cancer and mesothelioma at the University of Turin, Italy.
2. Background/Context:

• WebEx: Described as his "best friend.
• The importance of taking extra time to communicate and share information to ensure the members' wellbeing.