Skills:
Microbiology skills: aseptic and sterile techniques, optical microscopy, bacterial staining, plating methods (streak, spread, pour, replica), enumeration and identification of bacteria, media and buffer preparation Biochemistry and Cell & Molecular Biology skills: DNA extraction, plasmid DNA preparation, restriction enzyme digestion PCR, agarose gel electrophoresis, SDS-PAGE, cell fractionation by differential centrifugation Chemistry skills: solution preparation, titrations, extractions, filtrations, separations, simple and fractional distillation, mp and (micro) bp determination, solubility analysis, determination of index of refraction, freezing point depression, simple syntheses, thin-layer chromatography, liquid chromatography, gas chromatography, reflux, recrystallization Spectroscopy skills: UV, visible, IR, NMR, and mass spectroscopy Computer skills: programming (BASIC, C++) extensive use of Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint for Macintosh and PC platforms