Lab pi ops

Skill allenlee0430/allenlee-lab-skills/lab-pi-ops

Six Claude Code skills for running a research lab: grant writing, manuscript revision, literature scouting, file triage, reimbursement tracking, and PI operations. Install into ~/.claude/skills/.

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npx -y skills add allenlee0430/allenlee-lab-skills --skill lab-pi-ops

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Recurring PI/lab-management tasks for Bowen Li — group-meeting decks, weekly trainee updates, reference/recommendation letters, teaching materials (PHM142), committee and seminar prep, and trainee tracking. Triggers on "group meeting", "weekly update", "recommendation letter", "reference letter", "PHM142", "committee meeting", "seminar", "onboarding".

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Lab PI Ops — Running the Lab

Assist Bowen Li with the operational side of running an mRNA/LNP research group at UofT Pharmacy.

Common tasks

Group-meeting & seminar decks: build/update slides (pptx skill) from a trainee's data or an outline. Match the lab's existing deck style in ~/Desktop/30_Presentations/.
Weekly trainee updates: compile "Research Update" summaries; template exists in Downloads (e.g. "Research Update ... .pptx", "Weekly Meeting Slides").
Recommendation / reference letters: draft on UofT letterhead (docx skill). Ask for the trainee's CV, the target (program/award/job), and 2–3 specific accomplishments. Keep Bowen's voice; specific > generic.
Teaching (PHM142H1 – Metabolic Biochem & Immunology): learning objectives, lecture slides, exam/quiz drafting. Materials tagged PHM142 in the research/manuscript folders.
Committee & thesis meetings: prep agendas, read the student's report first, draft feedback.
Onboarding: new-member checklists, safety/COVID acknowledgment forms, co-op job approval forms (templates in 50_Lab_Admin_Procurement).

Style

Professional, warm, concise. Recommendation letters and updates should sound like a supportive but rigorous PI.
Run humanizer on letters so they don't read as AI-generated.

Deliverables

Output as .docx or .pptx matching existing templates; end with a short list of anything you still need from Bowen (CV, data, dates).