Career profile: staff scientist
In this career profile, Petra describes her role as a Staff Scientist, who focuses on a specific science project. This is one of a series of career profiles exploring lots of different jobs in genomics.
About me:
Name: Petra
Job title: Staff Scientist
What do I do: I work on getting DNA out of old museum insects, like disease transmitting mosquitoes. I also help people in the team with their own projects using my experience of sequencing DNA from really difficult samples.
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Skills I use in my job:
Creativity
Creating new protocols and tools, showcasing our scientific work with art.
Teamwork
Making sure we are all on the same page regarding ongoing projects.
Problem solving
Making the protocols more efficient requires a lot of optimisation and tweaking.
Organisation
Keeping track of everyone’s projects and large scale projects in the group.