lab assistants
Scientists' right hands
Lab assistants are workers who support scientists and researchers in laboratory settings.
They handle routine tasks—preparing samples, maintaining equipment, organizing supplies, recording data—so that senior staff can focus on complex work.
The role exists across fields from chemistry to medicine: She started as a lab assistant before earning her PhD.
- pipetteGraduated liquid transfer tube
- beakerLaboratory measuring container
- petri dishLidded laboratory culture container
- microscopeInstrument for viewing minute objects
- test tubeNarrow cylindrical lab vessel
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- newcomersnewcomers, newcomer, new arrivals, new arrival, newbie
- campus populationfreshmen, sophomores, juniors, seniors, undergraduates
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