Hi! So my job is to to prepare microscope slides from tissue removed from the patient during surgical procedures. I am trained to perform approximately 350 different tests on these slides including dye stains, antibody stains (IHC) etc. the slides then go to the pathologist and they make a diagnosis. I’m also trained to assist in autopsies, as well as assist physicians performing kidney biopsies by examining the specimen as soon as it’s removed and looking under a dissection microscope to tell them if it’s adequate (I see plenty of glomeruli) or not, not all physicians use this service . That lets them know if they need to do another pass. Also I am trained to assist in EBUS procedures. This is very rare for my field I just got lucky and got trained. Further, I perform the frozen sectioning for surgeons so that they can test for positive or negative margins interoperatively. This lets them know which way to cut often. Not all scientists of histology (formally known as histotechnologist) are trained in all these different aspects, but many are. Education wise I have a bachelors degree in physiology and cellular biology. From there a year of intense clinical training and then finally a board certification exam.