Using the Sysbio thesis template

WRITING A SYSBIO THESIS

by Ardo Illaste

  1. Download the thesis template zip from here
  2. Familiarity with LaTeX is required for using this template. If necessary, you can brush up on your LaTeX skills here
  3. All the content is currently from my own thesis. Replace it with your own text.
  4. This guide is also included in the zip file as guide.{rst,html,pdf}

FILES

main.tex
The main file of the thesis. You need to add links to your chapter files here.
classicthesis-preamble.sty
The main style file for the thesis. All your info (thesis title, your name, supervisor, etc.) goes here into the section Re-usable information.
zotero-iocbio.bib
Bibtex file generated from Zotero.
example.tex
Examples of Latex code for including tables, figures.

FOLDERS

figures/
Your figures.
graphics/
Logos used in the document (university, TTU press, etc.,).
input/chapter/
Your chapters. One tex file per chapter.
input/pages/
Pages for the thesis layout. Most of these you don’t need to touch.
input/small/
Texts like the preface, abstract, list of publications, acronyms, etc. Modify with your own content.
papers/
PDFs of your papers and your CV.