Graduate research assistant vs doctoral research assistant

Differences between graduate research assistant and doctoral research assistant duties and responsibilities

Graduate research assistant example responsibilities.

• Organize TA office hours, manage online gradebook, proctore exams.
• Create and lead exercises to teach linear algebra, calculus and statistics.
• Grade homework, quizzes and manage grades on online gradebook effectively as a lead TA.
• Foster cross laboratory collaboration between physics labs and between engineering, biology, and chemistry departments to accomplish share goals.
• Evaluate patients' study eligibility via medical history, obtain informed consent, enroll patients, and achieve enrollment quotas.
• Develop an RT-PCR SSCP analysis strategy for normal & tumor tissue RNA analysis.
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Doctoral research assistant example responsibilities.

• Process and manage GIS databases to contribute towards research in human transportation behavior.
• Receive additional training in SAS.
• Used electronic and structure evaluations using quantum chemistry packages such as GAUSSIAN.
• Prepare and implement unique proposals for the synthesis of polymer and small molecule targets.
• Discover novel mechanical functions for collagen and short DNA molecules in response to force.
• Develop the use of FPLC for detection and characterization of large DNA structural motifs.
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