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Biology Resume Critique please?

Hello, I am a recent college graduate who wants to apply for a research assistant job in California. Eventual career goal would be doing something creative in applied biology. I am seeking feedbacks from someone in biology research on my work experience part of the resume. Can you take a look and make some comments. Sorry about the Dr. X part Thank you EXPERIENCE Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX, Summer 2009 Research Intern under Dr. X Designed software for rodent cortical neurophysiology data analysis and bioinformatics Prepared acute mice brain slices Albert Einstein College of Medicine New York City, NY, Summer 2008 Research Intern under Dr. X Performed extracellular field potential recording of mouse hippocampus neurons on pharmacology experiments Rice University Houston, TX, January 2008-April 2008 Research Intern under Dr. X Performed molecular cloning of Dictyostelium differentiation factor genes Studied ligand-receptor relationships of mitosis inhibition factors by cell counting Maintained tissue culture Seoul National University Seoul, South Korea, Summer 2007 Research Intern under Dr. X Assisted gene transduction for rodent hippocampus protein expression Assisted patch-clamp recordings of Aplysia neurons Maintained mouse stocks Seoul National University Seoul, South Korea, Summer 2006 Research Intern under Dr. X Monitored human adult stem cell culture with confocal microscopy Seoul National University Seoul, South Korea, Summer 2006 Research Intern under Dr. X Performed molecular cloning of human telomere stability factor genes Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX, March 2006-May 2006 Research Intern under Dr. X Performed genotyping of transgenic mouse for human embryonic stem cell pluripotency factor survey

Public Comments

1. Hi there, I'd say it looks very good. You have worked in a lot of different labs, and got experience working in many different environments. One thing I (as a person who might be reading CV's like yours) might like to see is which techniques you master. Things like : PCR, agarose electrophoresis, tissue culture, protein purification, cloning, etc. So I would include a "techniques" section somewhere in your resume. Only include things you have mastered, do not include things you have only done once in a class setting. Then, you could make the little descriptions a bit more result-oriented. With that, I mean, not only to say: "performed such and so", or "was responsible for this and that" but to say why you were good at that. Anyone can be responsible for something, but how did you handle it? For example, you could say "extracted 500 proteins" or "cloned 14 different genes". I am just making something up, but let us know that you were good and result-oriented. Having said that, I think it looks pretty good as it is, already. Did you get included as an author (or in the acknowledgements) of any publication? You can include that as well (but mention if you were only acknowledged, since you wont be on the author list). Also, include whether or not you are a US citizen or have a green card (not all employers can hire persons on visa), and what you are looking for (eg. to work a number of years in an academic environment to learn more techniques/before applying to med/grad school) Good luck!