I'm fairly certain it's a "no," but I thought I'd at least double-check.
I had a summer internship at the state department of health laboratory, where myself and two other interns were responsible for overseeing mosquito and tick surveillance programs. Duties included processing, counting, and speciating weekly populations and keeping detailed records. Then, we did DNA extraction, PCR, analyzed the data, and helped compose an end-of-season report, which was published and included my name as a contributor.
Obviously it's not peer-reviewed or anything like that and I won't list it as research experience anywhere, but if I'm applying for a job and they ask if I have any research experience, can I at least describe this? I definitely gained skills and knowledge that would be relevant to an actual research position.
I had a summer internship at the state department of health laboratory, where myself and two other interns were responsible for overseeing mosquito and tick surveillance programs. Duties included processing, counting, and speciating weekly populations and keeping detailed records. Then, we did DNA extraction, PCR, analyzed the data, and helped compose an end-of-season report, which was published and included my name as a contributor.
Obviously it's not peer-reviewed or anything like that and I won't list it as research experience anywhere, but if I'm applying for a job and they ask if I have any research experience, can I at least describe this? I definitely gained skills and knowledge that would be relevant to an actual research position.