Experience using balances, autoclaves (steam sterilization), pH meters, blenders, biosafety and laminar flow cabinets, incubators, pipettes including air displacement micropipettes, centrifuges, microplate readers, thermocyclers, gel imaging equipment, electrophoresis equipment, gel documentation systems, microscopes, computers, heating and stir plates, UV-Vis Spectrophotometer, and ultraviolet lightbox. Completion of four years of college from an accredited college or university including sixteen semester units in related courses involving the extensive use of materials, supplies, or equipment used in the discipline may be substituted for two years of the required experience.