Acknowledgements

Before we proceed further with the contents in the lab manual, we would like to acknowledge the following people who contributed to elaboration and maintenance of this RIPLRT Lab Manual:

• Past Members of the RIPLRT: Ariel Stateman, Shandra Bellinger, Hayat Srour, Ruslan Fomenko, Summer Pellechio, Sukeina Nasser and Josh Baguley, who contributed heavily to the initial steps of the RIPLRT Lab Manual.
• Current Members of the RIPLRT: Thanks to the current members of the RIPLRT (https://www.riplrt.com/members) who are contributing update iterations of the RIPLRT Lab Manual.
• The AlyLab for sharing, in a recent publication (Aly et al. 2017) in Nature News and Comments, the idea and benefits of having a lab manual.
• My writing group within the University of Arizona PRIDE-AIRE 2019 program, Drs. Maria Coutinho and Mariam BA from Brown University and University of Nevada-Reno, respectively; and our writing mentor Dr. Karen Barto, from the University of Arizona, for their contribution in revising sections of this lab manual.

Now, let’s get back to the lab manual!