Research technician lead vs wildlife technician

Differences between research technician lead and wildlife technician duties and responsibilities

Research technician lead example responsibilities.

• General laboratory duties; coordinate maintenance of equipment, maintain ingredient and prototype inventory, manage shipping and receiving.
• Train temporary staff and interns, create training materials, troubleshoot technical issues.
• Develop, in collaboration with others, efficient methods for the sequencing of DNA.
• Execute lab techniques, including protein complementation, PCR, ligations and high throughput robotics.
• Coordinate and present information regarding the progress of large scale DNA sequencing projects on a weekly basis.
• Perform in-store audits of package and display labeling for accuracy of EPA, FTC, and FDA consumer claims.
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Wildlife technician example responsibilities.

• Lead fish exclusion and relocation efforts, using backpack electro fishing gear.
• Research new techniques to properly manage invasive species such a common carp.
• Perform automated DNA and RNA extraction of clinical specimens.
• Collect and process biological samples for epidemiology PCR and RT-PCR studies.
• Work with other volunteers and sometimes independently to search for, identify and record GPS coordinates of invasive plant species.
• Extract nematode specimens from soil samples, remount old nematode slides, and enter vital information into USDA nematode collection database.
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