RESEARCH ASSISTANT

Domain	Definition
Occupations	Performs duties according to type of research in which supervising scientist is engaged, such as collecting rock samples for study by GEOLOGIST (profess. & kin.) or plant specimens for study by BOTANIST (profess. & kin.). Prepares samples for analysis or examination and performs routine laboratory tests. May participate in field explorations, such as mineralogical or geophysical expeditions. May be designated according to field of scientific research. (references)
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Specialty Definition: Research assistant

A Research Assistant (or R.A.) is a junior graduate scholar, employed on a temporary contract by a college or university for the purpose of academic research. A research assistant usually works on a project supervised by one or more full-time academics who are responsible for administering the funds from which he or she is paid.

Nowadays, most research assistantships are postdoctoral, i.e. candidates must hold (or be in the latter stages of acquiring) a Ph.D. These appointments usually last for two years.

In some universities the title Research Associate instead of "assistant". Older and more experienced contract holders often have the title of Research Fellow.

Photo Album: RESEARCH ASSISTANT

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	Horticulturist Fumiomi Takeda (r) along with his research assistant inspect the size and quality of hydroponically grown strawberries. Credit: USDA.		Hydraulic engineer Doug Shields (right) and student research assistant Rick Rauteux observe changes in channel geometry and stream corridor habitats caused by water rushing over a headcut. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..
	ARS plant pathologist Scott Abney (left) and research assistant Tom Richards check the growth of soybeans inoculated with field isolates of Phytophthora sojae. Disease reactions involving specific genes help identify the 45 races of P. sojae that have been reported in the United States. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..		In an ARS test plot at Utah State University, Utah State University research assistant Mayme Seng pollinates Snake River wheatgrass. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Jack Dykinga..
	Research assistant professor Bernard Petrosky points out the qualities of a pond-raised hybrid striped bass for Jean Staats, a student studying fisheries science at Delaware State University. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..		James Gallon of Greensboro, Florida, and his son James, Jr., a Navy veteran, telling Earle W. Fisher, Research Assistant, in the Washington Bureau, NAACP, how they barely escaped with their lives after a severe beating with ax handles by a Florida mob, wh. Credit: Library of Congress.
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Modern Translation: RESEARCH ASSISTANT

Language		Translations for "RESEARCH ASSISTANT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
French		attaché de recherche clinique (clinical research assistant). (various references)

German		aspirant (aspirant, candidate). (various references)

Pig Latin		esearchray assistantay
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Anagrams: RESEARCH ASSISTANT

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-e-e-h-i-n-r-r-s-s-s-s-t-t"
	-4 letters: starchinesses.
	-5 letters: anaesthesias, anaesthetics, chattinesses, researchists, secretariats, straitnesses, strictnesses, trashinesses.
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