Skills:
Equipment: refractometer, melting point apparatus, light microscope, scanning electron microscope (SEM), transmission electron microscope (TEM), digital camera, chromatograph, spectrophotometer, autoclave, electronic balances, centrifuge, microtome, sputter coater, critical point dryer, infrared (IR) spectrometer, automatic Gram stainer, Vitek and Vitek 2 Compact, Celsis, BioRad Luminex, Beckman-Coulter Lab Automation... Techniques: culture preparation; pelleting cell suspensions; slide preparation and examination; dissection; culturing; Gram stains; subculturing; wet chemistry; osmium tetroxide, uranyl acetate, and colloidal gold stains; sample preparation; aseptic; printmaking; epoxy embedding... Computer Skills: Microsoft Office (Access, Word, Excel, Powerpoint), Microsoft Operating Systems (3.1 through 7), Macintosh Operating Systems (Panther 10.3 through Snow Leopard 10.6), Adobe Photoshop, Ulead PhotoImpact, DOS system commands.