Laboratory teaching assistant vs graduate research student

Differences between laboratory teaching assistant and graduate research student duties and responsibilities

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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Graduate research student example responsibilities.

• Evaluate patients' study eligibility via medical history, obtain informed consent, enroll patients, and achieve enrollment quotas.
• Conduct molecular and cellular biology research techniques including DNA, RNA and protein isolation and analysis
• Assist in organic chemistry laboratory on synthesis of molecule that behaves as fluorescent switch with cation binding properties
• Perform Parkinson's psychological test on undergraduate students at UCLA and analyze data using statistical analysis software SPSS.
• Analyze data using SAS statistical software, and map populations using GIS.
• Summarize statistics from SAS outputs for USDA research grant investigating WIC and food insecurity.
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