Biology Resume

[IrishTexan]

Hey guys,

As I apply to grad schools (cancer research) and start to contact professors I was wondering what a biology resume should include. Right now from my previous resumes I have general education/gpa information, awards, internship/research experience, activities, volunteering, and a "skills" section that includes biological techniques I've done. Should I include extracurricular activities and volunteering, just to give a fuller picture of me as a person, or exclude that since it's not directly relevant to research? I've also never seen a "skills" section in a sample resume so I don't know if I should include this.

[alleycat393]

Hey guys,

As I apply to grad schools (cancer research) and start to contact professors I was wondering what a biology resume should include. Right now from my previous resumes I have general education/gpa information, awards, internship/research experience, activities, volunteering, and a "skills" section that includes biological techniques I've done. Should I include extracurricular activities and volunteering, just to give a fuller picture of me as a person, or exclude that since it's not directly relevant to research? I've also never seen a "skills" section in a sample resume so I don't know if I should include this.

The way I've done mine is to have education first, then research experience/internships and under each one of those to have a very short general list of techniques, then volunteering activities/hobbies. Hope that helps!

[eklavya]

Hey guys,

As I apply to grad schools (cancer research) and start to contact professors I was wondering what a biology resume should include. Right now from my previous resumes I have general education/gpa information, awards, internship/research experience, activities, volunteering, and a "skills" section that includes biological techniques I've done. Should I include extracurricular activities and volunteering, just to give a fuller picture of me as a person, or exclude that since it's not directly relevant to research? I've also never seen a "skills" section in a sample resume so I don't know if I should include this.

The way I've done mine is to have education first, then research experience/internships and under each one of those to have a very short general list of techniques, then volunteering activities/hobbies. Hope that helps!

i do mine this way: education, scholarships/awards, research interests, work/research (this includes internships, ta, ra, etc), publications/conferences, community/volunteer works, bioinformatic skills, and leftover (eca, languages, etc) if there's space left.

i don't necessarily enlist 'skills' or 'techniques' as you guys are talking about, since research and internship experiences indicate that anyway. although, i do mention where and what projects i worked on, and with whom, if 'whom' is a bigshot name in science.

[IrishTexan]

Thanks for the help guys!