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yjj8817

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Is it necessary to know a lot of lab techniques for summer research programs such as Stanford Amgen Scholars and Baylor College of Medicine SMART program?
I only know basic ones like PCR and DNA sequencing but I will be publishing a paper soon.

Thank you!
 
yjj8817 said:
Is it necessary to know a lot of lab techniques for summer research programs such as Stanford Amgen Scholars and Baylor College of Medicine SMART program?
I only know basic ones like PCR and DNA sequencing but I will be publishing a paper soon.

Thank you!
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idk about the amgen program, but I know a few ppl who were accepted to summer research programs that had no research experience at all.
 
yjj8817 said:
Is it necessary to know a lot of lab techniques for summer research programs such as Stanford Amgen Scholars and Baylor College of Medicine SMART program?
I only know basic ones like PCR and DNA sequencing but I will be publishing a paper soon.

Thank you!
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You dont even need to know that. They dont care if you know techniques already, although it does help during the program.
 
It takes 1 day to learn like 3 new techniques. After a week you'll be up and running with the best of them.

<--Researched for 2 years, and the MD/PhD supervisor told me he preferred it if I didn't come with any preconceptions of how to do things, because they are likely... incorrect or inappropriate.

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