Bio-technologist Careers

Work Environment:

Bio-technologists utilize their scientific understanding and knowledge of microbes, genetics, biochemistry, plants and animals to create newer products and find out solutions on problems. As a bio-technologist, you can work within fields, like medicine, food industry, agriculture and environment

Within environmental-biotechnology your job can comprise:

• creating plants and micro-organisms to purify polluted water/land
• making environment friendly raw-materials, like biodegradable-plastics by plant starches
• developing alternate renewable energy sources, like biodiesel

Within bio-therapeutics and medical biotechnology field, you'd:

• study bacteria, fungi, viruses, proteins, plants, antibodies and human genetics to treat and research cancers or diseases
• create medicines utilizing techniques like genetic modification and cell-culture
• develop hormones, therapies and vaccines to treat genetic-cause of disease

Within industrial-biotechnology your job can comprise:

• making biological dyes and detergents for textile-industry
• genetically developing crops to boost productivity
• cloning and creating enzymes which could be utilized to produce and conserve drink and food like, bread, beer and cheese
• improving animal-feed

Qualification, Education and Experience:

You'd necessitate a degree into a related science subject, like:

• biotechnology
• bioscience
• microbiology
• biochemistry
• chemical engineering

Progressively, companies prefer you to be acquainted with particular field of bio-technology you wish to get into (like food and drink-industry) with related work experience.

You'd necessitate postgraduate qualifications, work experience, and PhD, for research positions.

You might be capable to move into biotechnology, if you've a scientific-background into associated area like chemical engineering.

Training Details:

You'd improve your abilities at the work, as component of graduate-training program of firm. Throughout this period you'd cover fields, like usage of specialized processes and equipment, management and computing.

You can improve your prospects to advance by acquiring a postgraduate-degree into specialist-field of biotechnology. If you want to work within universities or research, additional would be necessary.

For information about PhD, postgraduate and Masters programs all through the UK, visit the website of Hobson's Post-grad.

Skills and knowledge:

• capability to work by yourself and as member of group
• excellent problem resolving abilities
• excellent written and oral communication abilities
• a systematic manner to work
• capability to analyze technical and statistical data
• an inquiring mindset
• skill and interest into science, specifically chemistry and biology
• excellent computer abilities
• accurateness and concentration to details

Salary and Other Benefits:

• Initial remunerations for bio-technologists can be about $20,000 to $25,000 for a year.
• Experienced bio-technologists can get around $32,000 to $62,000.

Working Conditions:

You'd work weekly for around 36 to 41 hours. This might comprise weekends, shifts, and nights, as several processes included into industry and research require constant monitoring.

You'd work within a modern sterile lab. You'd put on protective outfits.

Different Opportunities:

You'd discover research and development chances within industries, such as health care technology, food, pharmaceutical and agricultural.

You can discover work chances within NHS, research institutions, universities or government-agencies.

By experience and qualifications, you can proceed to marketing, sales, quality-assurance management, or scientific-journalism.

Openings are publicized by nationwide and local press, scientific publications, and recruitment organizations.

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