Cover letter exercise

I.                    Introduction

A.     Discuss where the job ad was found. (monster.com and the company website)

B.     Discuss the important skills that the company is looking for in applicants.  (Molecular biology knowledge, computer programming experiences)

II.                 Body

A.     Discuss my experience working in an innovative and collaborative environment.  (Working in the Animation team on FIRST robotics team)

B.     Discuss my education and research experience working in biology lab and a computational medicinal chemistry lab.  (Analyzing P450 interactions in vivo using BiFC, simulating interactions between phenoxy radical and potential substrates for P450s using computational and modeling software such as Gaussian, PyMol, Maestro, etc.)

C.     Discuss location (Cambridge, MA), and how I am excited to be working for my own project under the guidance of NIBR researcher.

III.               Summary

A.     Sum up and restate briefly about important requirements(work in collaborative environment, biology knowledge, computer programming experiences)

B.     Describe how I share their vision in using science to improve human health and take risks

C.     End with showing appreciation for their time and tell them when I can be contacted.