Graduate research and teaching assistant vs research assistant

Differences between graduate research and teaching assistant and 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.
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Research assistant example responsibilities.

• Update twitter profile and manage social media campaign.
• Manage social media publications to spread awareness and notifications on Facebook.
• Evaluate patients' study eligibility via medical history, obtain informed consent, enroll patients, and achieve enrollment quotas.
• Learned many laboratory techniques, assays, and protocols; western blot, real-time PCR, tick collection, DNA extraction.
• Analyze the effects of estrogen on various tissues using molecular biology techniques such as RT-PCR, RNA and DNA extractions.
• Gain familiarity with research terminology, development procedures, data collection and management, and IRB considerations.
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