I think a two year commitment is a bit much to ask of a student. It
certainly won't take two years to get hands on experience. In fact, most
decent undergraduate universities can provide the same training, and at the
same time have you working towards a degree.
Some of the skills you learn working with eukaryotes will certainly be
applicable to bacteria, but more importantly, you want to simply gain
experience doing quality research of any type.
Jay Mone'
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