Scientific technician vs biology laboratory assistant

Differences between scientific technician and biology laboratory assistant duties and responsibilities

Scientific technician example responsibilities.

• Manage AIS boat check stations with WDFW enforcement (Carl Klein).
• Identify owl species by sight and sound prompt using hoot flute and reed caller.
• Work onboard commercial gillnet boats to monitor salmon harvest.
• Measure fork length and weight of salmon and steelhead, as well as other fish species.
• Operate and maintain power boats, drift boats, and rafts for field surveys.
• Utilize maps, GPS, rangefinder, secchi disk and kayaks on a daily basis.
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Biology laboratory assistant example responsibilities.

• Comfort frighten patients and maintain an exceptionally bright professional demeanor to accomplish a procedure that makes most people very uncomfortable.
• Set up gel electrophoresis, clean slides, run experiments.
• Prepare culture media and ELISA samples following standard procedures.
• Prepare stock solutions, media for growing bacteria and yeast, electrophoresis gels and pouring agar plates.
• Aid students independently with laboratory work regarding basic principles of evolution, genetics, ecology, and molecular and cellular biology.
• Supervise and train fellow colleagues in GC, GC-MS, ATR-IR, FTIR, UV/Vis and DSC.
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