Graduate researcher vs laboratory teaching assistant

Differences between graduate researcher and laboratory teaching assistant duties and responsibilities

Graduate researcher example responsibilities.

• Lead the in-vitro biophysical and biochemical characterization of homologous recombination and investigate structure-function effects of mutant enzymes.
• Analyze the expression of MZF-1 gene using western blots and RT-PCR.
• Train undergraduate, masters, and PhD-level students on HPLC and UPLC instruments.
• Use of NMR, IR, and TLC to analyze product purity and identity.
• Experience using GC/MS, LC/MS, and NMR to analyze molecules produce in the lab.
• Create buffers, HPLC solvents, maintain laboratory notebooks, order chemical reagents and perform serial dilutions.
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Laboratory teaching assistant example responsibilities.

• Lead and instruct college level students in the fundamentals of astronomy through experiments design to teach basics to non-engineering majors.
• Manage and develop the instruction of anatomy and physiology labs.
• Lead discussion sections for students to understand concepts including introductory quantum theory and statistical thermodynamics as well as their applications.
• Operate laboratory equipment including IR spectrometers, NMR spectrometers and mass spectrometers.
• Plan lessons for laboratory, split grading responsibilities with other TA, assist students with weekly laboratory experiments.
• Head laboratory instructor for general physiology, comparative physiology, comparative morphology, anatomy and physiology, and herpetology.
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