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S K I L L S

Lab Skills:

– Micropipetting

– Preparation of solutions and buffers

– Using a compound light microscope

– Gel electrophoresis

– Polymerase Chain Reaction technique

– DNA isolation

– Bacterial transformation

– Bacterial isolation and cultivation

– Experience with Caenorhabditis elegans

– Experience with Arabidopsis thaliana

– Making and pouring agar

– Western blot

– Spectrophotometry

– Restriction enzyme digestions

– Dissections

– Gram staining

– Analysis of raw data

– Using a dissecting microscope

 

Tissue Culture

– Sterile technique

– Working in a laminar flow hood

– Passaging, staining, and fixing cells in culture

– Using an inverted microscope

– Photographing stained cells

 

Research Skills

– Researching and understanding scientific articles

– Maintaining a lab notebook

– Statistical analysis

– Writing lab reports

 

Computer Skills

– Microsoft Software: Word, Powerpoint, Excel, etc.

– Google Applications: Google Drive, Google Docs, etc.

– Apple Applications: iMovie, iPhoto, Garageband, etc.

– Use both Mac and PC

 

Languages

– English (native speaker)

– Spanish (working knowledge)

– French (comprehension only)

 

 

 

 

 

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