Gevaert Lab Website

Static website for the Gevaert Lab at Stanford University.

Structure

gevaertlab/
├── index.html          # Home page
├── research.html       # Research projects
├── people.html         # Lab members
├── publications.html   # Publications (auto-fetches from PubMed)
├── contact.html        # Contact & location
├── css/
│   └── style.css       # Shared Stanford-themed styles
├── js/
│   └── main.js         # Shared JS (nav toggle, active link)
└── images/             # Local images (add headshots, logos here)

Deploy to GitHub Pages

1. Create a new GitHub repository (e.g. gevaertlab)
2. Push this folder to the repository:

   git init
   git add .
   git commit -m "Initial site"
   git remote add origin https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/gevaertlab.git
   git push -u origin main

3. In the repo settings → Pages → set Source to Deploy from a branch → branch: main, folder: / (root)
4. Your site will be live at https://YOUR_USERNAME.github.io/gevaertlab/

Optional: Custom domain

To use a custom domain (e.g. gevaertlab.stanford.edu or gevaertlab.org):

1. Add a CNAME file to the repo root containing your domain name
2. Configure DNS with your domain registrar to point to GitHub Pages

Updating content

• People: Edit people.html — add/remove person cards in the relevant section
• Research projects: Edit research.html — duplicate a project block and update text
• Highlighted publications: Edit the highlighted section in publications.html
• All publications: Auto-updated from PubMed on every page load (no action needed)
• Photos: Add images to the images/ folder and update src attributes in HTML

Publications auto-update

The publications page fetches live from NCBI PubMed E-utilities using the query: Gevaert O[LASTAU] NOT medRxiv NOT bioRxiv NOT Desmet NOT Camarillo NOT erratum

This runs automatically when visitors load the page. Results are cached for the session. No API key is required. If PubMed is unreachable, the page gracefully shows external links.