Careers in Biotechnology PDF

ACUTIG Nigeria Limited- Genetic services CAREERS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY STARTUPS Careers in Biotechology Science: Technicians, associates, scientists Research administration: Technical position, product management, need management experience and/or market insight Clinical af...

ACUTIG Nigeria Limited- Genetic services CAREERS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY STARTUPS Careers in Biotechology Science: Technicians, associates, scientists Research administration: Technical position, product management, need management experience and/or market insight Clinical affairs: Medically oriented, junior positions Legal: Junior positions if bring legal (+ science!) background Business development: Experience hired, out-licensing vs. in-licensing, Tech transfer Marketing & Finance: Common entrance for MBAs Venture capital: Broad technical understanding, management experience, investing experience Senior management: Deep technical understanding, Pharma or Biotech experience, Healthcare banking, Healthcare consulting Medicine  Medical genetics, genetic counseling, genetic nursing  Gene testing, gene therapy  Laboratory work  Organ transplantation, fertility, and reproduction  Fertility clinics, surgery  Public health  Mutated strains of TB, influenza  Pharmaceutical industry and suppliers  Pharmacogenomics  Chemical, vaccine, medicine development and production  Database development, operation, use  Communication, work with regulatory agencies Agriculture and Wildlife  Genetic modification of foods and seeds  Iowa corn has been inbred to create the strain found today.  Biopesticide and neutriceutical development  Development of plants who resists parasites, disease, in order to reduce the use of chemical pesticides  Wildlife management: Identification, protection of endangered species  Reintroduction of endangered species  Authentication of consumables such as wine, caviar.  Some strains of yeast are better at producing wine than others; the same goes for L.bacillii in yogurt Computational Biology (including Bioinformatics) Database creation, data analysis, modeling, data transfer  Imagery and statistical analysis of DNA and genetic combinations Supercomputing  Theoretical biology would predict animal/plant physiology based on genetic composition Mathematics, statistics, actuarial field Engineering Disciplines  Bioprocessing chamber, vat design and production  Toxic-waste cleanup  Bacteria who “eat” oil spills, etc.  Instrumentation development  Sensitive equipment is used in genetics.  Creation of new energy sources via engineering, life science research  Ethanol production from corn  Biomedical engineering  Development of innovative prothesis or other medical devices Business Biosciences industry investing  In PA for example, the average salary is more then $65,000 Marketing and sales  To organizations and institutions who use genetics equipment or chemicals Banking/Finance  New capital and investment into research firms and facilities Law and Justice  Education  High school, college level  Patent specialties  On genetic technique, or any “pure” isolated form of a naturally occuring substance  Specialties in ethical, legal, and social issues  Fairness in use of genetic information about people  Privacy and confidentiality  Psychology of having the “stigma” of a “defect”  Gene and paternity testing  Genealogy  Criminal databases  DNA forensics--in the laboratory, in the field, in the courtroom History and Anthropology Use of genetics to study population, migration patterns  Gene frequency and distribution  Genetic markers Study of inheritance over evolutionary time Military Soldier identification Pathogen identification Biological and chemical warfare protection Radiation-exposure assessment Bench Science Sequencing of many organisms, including human Data analysis, computation Functional genomics Proteomics Human variation in health and disease Microbial genetics Environmental studies Education Bioscience Communication Reporting, writing, editing  Journalism Website development, maintenance  Computer Science Public relations  For hospitals, research facilities Marketing  For companies who sell chemicals and equipment to genetics researchers Special events  College Fairs, public interest groups in genetics Prenatal GC Example Ms. Roberts is a 28 year old woman. She is 17 weeks pregnant and this is her first pregnancy. She has a routine blood test at her OB’s office. She is told that it screens for Down syndrome and some other conditions. A week after the test ,she receives a call from the nurse saying she came back “screen positive” for trisomy 18. The nurse tells her the chance her baby has trisomy 18 is 1 in 100. She is referred to a genetic counselor. Welcome to the World of Biotechnology An introduction into the business of biotechnology for high school students