Laboratory engineer vs laboratory research assistant

Differences between laboratory engineer and laboratory research assistant duties and responsibilities

Laboratory engineer example responsibilities.

• Manage test servers and clients running Solaris, Linux, XP, and BSD.
• Manage test lab HVAC, and electrical load levels to protect and preserve assets.
• Manage HVAC test construction in accordance with ASHRAE standards and maintain lab- testing schedule.
• Manage multiple mobile telemetry stations consisting of RF receiving equipment, data processing front end, and display software.
• Manage Jenkins security by providing specific access to authorize developers/testers using project base matrix authorization strategy.
• Collaborate with engineers to create SAN environment for test cases including servers, storage and network switches.
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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.
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