Graduate research and teaching assistant vs student research assistant

Differences between graduate research and teaching assistant and student 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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Student research assistant example responsibilities.

• Evaluate patients' study eligibility via medical history, obtain informed consent, enroll patients, and achieve enrollment quotas.
• Perform PCR amplification and electrophoresis.
• Prepare agarose gels for electrophoresis and sequencing.
• Perform biological experiments which provide data for further DNA analysis.
• Provide DNA sequencing and primer support study transposition in tobacco/tomato root development.
• Experience gain in polymer chemistry, polymer physics, material characterization, photo-polymerization techniques.
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