Genetic Counselors

Tools and Technology

Tools Include:

• Deoxyribonucleic sequence analyzers (Automated deoxyribonucleic acid DNA sequencers)
• Ultracentrifuges (Benchtop ultracentrifuges)
• Cryostats
• Darkfield microscopes (Differential interference microscopes)
• Fluorescent microscopes
• Gel documentation systems
• Ultracentrifuges (High speed centrifuges)
• Microplate readers
• Personal computers
• X ray radiography examination equipment (Phosphor imagers)
• Benchtop centrifuges (Table top centrifuges)
• Ultracentrifuges

Technologies Include:

• Analytical or scientific software

• FTree
• Pedigree drawing and management software

• Data base user interface and query software

• Database software
• FileMaker Pro software
• Microsoft Access

• Internet browser software

• Internet browser software

• Medical software

• Benetech PRA
• BRCAPRO
• Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool
• CancerGene
• CyrillicSoftware Cyrillic
• Jurek Software Pedigree-Draw
• Medgen PED
• PedHunter
• PediDraw
• Progeny Software Progeny Clinical
• SynDiag
• Wageningen MapChart

• Presentation software

• Microsoft PowerPoint

• Spreadsheet software

• Microsoft Excel

• Word processing software

• Microsoft Word

The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet291)