Graduate research and teaching assistant vs laboratory research assistant

Differences between graduate research and teaching assistant and laboratory research assistant duties and responsibilities

Graduate research and teaching assistant example responsibilities.

• Foster cross laboratory collaboration between physics labs and between engineering, biology, and chemistry departments to accomplish share goals.
• Create and design the PowerPoint presentations for lectures.
• Create a tutorial utilizing SPSS to be used by students.
• Assist faculty members or staff with SPSS laboratory or field research.
• Obtain and document patient history, physical assessment, and appropriate physiology.
• Prepare training materials and plan an orientation seminar for incoming TAs as an appoint TA mentor.
Show more

Laboratory research assistant example responsibilities.

• Manage participant records according to IRB guidelines to ensure confidentiality.
• Lead experiments to assess survivor behavior differences in zebrafish contaminate with dietary mercury.
• Maintain microbial culture and isolate and purify bacterial and viral DNA and RNA to study the genome of common pathogenic bacteria.
• Perform protein extraction on larvae.
• Perform biological assays, including ELISA and RT-PCR.
• Gain extensive MLST, RT-PCR, conventional PCR, primer design and gel-electrophoresis experience.
Show more