Laboratory/Research Skills for Science Resume

Laboratory/Research Skills for

Science Resume

List of skills to assist with resumes, cover letters and interviews

Animal Care

 Handle and restrain

 Weigh animals

 Breed various species

 Clean cages

 Administer injections

 Prepare special diets

 Anesthetize

 Maintain and evaluate animal records

 Prepare for sterile surgical procedures

 Perform simple surgical procedures (such as adrenalectomy)

 Assist in sterile neurosurgical procedures

 Assist in emergency medical and surgical procedures

 Administer medication

 Implant tumors into small animals

 Perform animal autopsy

 Perform microsurgery

 Catheterize and infuse small animal arteries

 Collect blood or other samples

General Laboratory

 Pipette

 Weigh

 Sterilize

 Filtrate

 Titrate

 Wash/Clean glassware

 Prepare media

 Practice sterile techniques

Electron Microscopy

 Fix

 Embed

 Stain

 Section

Laboratory/Research Skills for

Science Resume

 Process film

 Print film

 Operation of Electron Microscopy

 Prepare grids

 Form film on grids

Histology

 Routine frozen sections of whole animal brains

 Cell and fiber stains

 Perfusions of animals

 Staining processes

 Embedding processes: paraffin, celloidin

 Autoradiography of tissue sections

Immunology

 Plaque assay for antibody forming cells

 Hemagglutination and hemolysis assay

 Florescent antibody technique

 Lyophilization

 Spectrofluorometry

 Isolate viruses

 Cytotoxicity assay

 Lymphocyte culture

Bacteriology

 Maintain and purify: bacteria, phage stocks, cell culture

 Cell and Tissue culture

 Culture transfers

 Inoculation

 Prepare media

 Prepare and assay bacteriophage lysates

 Pour plates

 Plasmid amplification

Biochemistry/Genetics

 Purify and characterize enzymes

 Determinations: RNA, protein, nucleic acid, phosphate and others

 Gradients: density, equilibrium, etc.

Laboratory/Research Skills for

Science Resume

 Assays: enzyme, infectivity, blood coagulation factors, and other (biochemical)

assays

 Spectrophotometers: UV, infrared, atomic absorption

 Electrophoresis: immune, acrylamide gel, paper

 Chromatography: paper, thin layer

 Column: ion exchange resins, gel, gas liquid, HPLC

 Purify blood coagulations factors

 Immunoprecipitation techniques

 Analyze peptides

 Manipulate DNA

 Extract phenols from DNA

 Equilibrium sedimentation centrifugation

 Prepare antibodies

 Analyze lipids

 Synthesize peptides

 Mutagenesis

 Test for mutations

 Cell fractionation

 Transduction

 Conjugation

 Breed and maintain a population of drosophila, rodents or other species

 Prepare and identify mutants with mutagenic chemicals

Radio-biological

 Radioimmunoassays

 Handle radioisotopes

 Irradiate tumors in vivo

 Label radioactives

 Radioisotope counters: autogamma, scintillation, scanning, gas flow

Laboratory/Research Instruments

 Light microscope

 Autoanalyzer

 Micro Burette

 pH meter

 Centrifuges: standard, high speed

 Incubators

Laboratory/Research Skills for

Science Resume

 Dark room equipment

 Precision balance

 Volumetric glassware

 Oscilloscopes

 Blood gas analyzer

 Microtomes: paraffin, celloidin

 X-ray equipment

Other Skills or Relevant Experience

 Data processing

 Laboratory

 Statistical analysis

 Programming skills

 Database skills

 Computer languages (HTML, C++, etc.)

 Light microscopy, fluorescence microscopy, and scanning electron microscopy

 Dissection

 Molecular (gene) cloning

 Mammalian cell culture

 Restriction analysis, gel electrophoresis, and gel documentation

 UV/Vis spectrophotometry

 Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA)

 Design, conduct and interpret scientific research

 Isolate and analyze DNA, RNA and protein

 Sequence genomes

 Conduct statistical analysis

 Apply a scientific approach to problems

 Communicate findings using models, charts and graphs

 Communicate new research findings to lay audiences

 Communicate biological research findings using scientific writing

Anatomy, Botany, and General Biology

 Use of a microtome to make slides

 staining techniques

Laboratory/Research Skills for

Science Resume

Medical

 Patient sample handling techniques

 Making an accurate white blood cell count

 Antibody testing methods such as ELISA

 Loop Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP)

 (This may also be appropriate under Microbiology)

Microbiology

 Use of micropipetter

 Molecular cloning

 Use of restriction enzymes

 Use of PCR ( Polymerase Chain Reaction) machines

 Replica plating

 Growth of competent cells

Molecular Biology

 Agarose Gel Electrophoresis

 Cell fractionation

 Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis

 Blotting techniques Ex: Western Blot