2.8 Example: Creating a ‘Project’ template

We will walk through a real example, based on the experiences of one of our Co-Is, of establishing the format for a research group’s ‘Project’ template, creating that template using RStudio, and initializing a new research project directory using the created template. This example will be from a laboratory-based research group that studies the efficacy of tuberculosis drugs in a murine model.

Objectives. After this module, the trainee will be able to:

• Create a ‘Project’ template in RStudio to initialize consistently-formatted ‘Project’ directories
• Initialize a new ‘Project’ directory using this template