Critical Thinking
The lab offers many opportunities to practice applying our classroom education to real world applications
Approaches for collecting, analyzing and interpreting data
Understanding how different concepts interact with each other
Explaining the larger impact our work holds
Teamwork
Together we have learned how to fairly divide tasks, how to communicate what needs to be done, and how to forgive each other for mistakes.
Technology
Our work involves using various lab equipment, from reading absorbances, running gel electrophoresis, and isolating proteins. We've learned not only how to operate the required equipment, but tips and tricks to help us pick up the techniques faster.
Career and Self Development
Working in a research lab is impressing many valuable skills to us.Â
Using Excel to process data and produce clean, professional, readable results.
Writing papers for various grants and presentations.
Documenting our work using a laboratory
Writing instructions and protocols to teach others how to work in the lab.