Home to more than 53,600 students, 12,000 faculty and staff, and over 360,000 living alumni, UC, a Carnegie 1 institution, combines research prowess with a physical setting The New York Times has called "the most ambitious campus design program in the country." Prior laboratory research experience such as hands-on training in molecular biology techniques, knowledge in Microsoft word, excel and power point to record and organize experimental data, and animal (mouse) handling.