-: So my name's Jeff Robinson.
I'm a bioinformatician
and I also teach as an adjunct professor
here at the UMBC Universities at Shady Grove Campus.
For a college student,
I would say find a lab that you find,
that does research that you find interesting,
and spend a couple of semesters
just being a lab helper there.
And most labs will have spots
for a couple undergrads to do some work there.
And just gaining that familiarity,
being able to use a pipette,
and measure out reagents,
and just being familiar with the lab setting
is very helpful.