Research assistant vs doctoral research assistant

Differences between research assistant and doctoral research assistant duties and responsibilities

Research assistant example responsibilities.

• Update twitter profile and manage social media campaign.
• Manage social media publications to spread awareness and notifications on Facebook.
• Evaluate patients' study eligibility via medical history, obtain informed consent, enroll patients, and achieve enrollment quotas.
• Learned many laboratory techniques, assays, and protocols; western blot, real-time PCR, tick collection, DNA extraction.
• Analyze the effects of estrogen on various tissues using molecular biology techniques such as RT-PCR, RNA and DNA extractions.
• Gain familiarity with research terminology, development procedures, data collection and management, and IRB considerations.
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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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