These include a Tdx machine designed to measure drug levels in blood, a thermocycler designed to amplified genes of interest, gels designed to sequence DNA and separate DNA based on size, centrifuges designed to separate cellular particles based on their size, and pipettes designed to measure small volumes of liquid very accurately. I manage a staff of three secretaries and advise two graduate students. After completing my doctorate in veterinary medicine, I practiced small animal medicine for three years. I realized I 2as interested in teaching and research and returned to graduate school where I completed my doctor of philosophy degree in pharmacology. I was then hired as a professor at a college of veterinary medicine.
Students are a great source of stress.
They can complain a lot about their grades but oftentimes are unwilling to put forth the effort to obtain a high grade. Also, in order to sustain my research program, I must obtain money from various research funding agencies. I spend a lot of time writing research proposals to obtain money. Without funding my research program would end. There is a lot of pressure from the university to obtain these funds.