do labs count as research?

[MeSoPro]

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So I was wondering, if I took a PSEO (college and high school dual credit) microbiology lab, would that count as working in a lab/research?

 

[DrYoda]

No. When people say research they mean original research. Labs are repeats of well tried experiments done for the purpose of gaining a baseline familiarity with lab techniques.

 

[mmmcdowe]

Fraid not. If you worked at a teaching lab like that it would be work/volunteer experience, but as was mentioned it wouldn't be research in itself.