Biotechnology

Biotechnology:

• this job market has a large deviation in job type and salary
• average annual salary is anywhere between 35,000 - 85,000
• * Bachelor's degree recommended
• jobs by salary:
•  bioinformatician: 130,000
• Biotechnology laboratory technician: 40,000
• Clinical research Associate: 79,000
• Quality control analyst: 54,000
• senior research scientist: 90,000
• Biotechnology/Pharmaceutical Sciences: 74,000
• Biomedical Engineer: 79,000
• Biotechnology Research Associate: 42,000
• Crime Lab Technician: 44,000
• Quality Control Engineer: 64,000
• Schooling (4-5 years for bachelor's degree, 2 additional years for masters degree)
• biology intro
• integrative biology lab sciences
• genetics and cell biology I
• Genetics and cell biology II
• molecular biotechnology
• applied biotechnology
• bioengineering/biomedical sciences
• biotechnology and medical devices
• bioengineering introduction
• general chemistry I
• general chemistry II
• organic chemistry I
• Calculus I
• Calculus II
• additional biotechnology classes depending if you want master's degree
• Job descriptions:
• Biomedical Engineer:
• involves designing new medical tools/devices
• designed prosthetic legs/arms
• usually employed in healthcare places (hospitals/medicine research)
• bioinformatician:
• combination of biology and computer science
• takes biomedical data to make useful information
• mapping human genome
• Biotechnology laboratory technician:
• students don't need Ph.D or masters degree to enter the field
• associates degree (what most have)
• assist other scientists
• monitor/set up scientific instruments
• Clinical Research Associate:
• designing, planning, and implementing clinical projects
• analyzes clinical data
• Quality control analyst
• analyzes ingredients to insure "good quality"
• run tests, collect data, and review data
• Senior research Scientists:
• often work in college/university setting
• responsible for direction of research and responsibilities of each scientist
• Biotechnology/Pharmaceutical sales:
• basically knowledge of biotechnology with a sales degree (so good at selling + some biotechnology knowledge)
• Biomedical engineer:
• develop new tools and products to help better the environment today
• may also include developing products inside the body (3D printer, in today's economy)
• Biotechnology Research Associate:
• development of projects and collaboration with all group members
• prepare for large projects
• Crime Lab Technician
• use knowledge of science to assist law enforcement (there are Ph. D's for this)
• Quality Control Engineer:
• manages quality of systems in the product development process
• Validation technician:
• entry level position
• ensures the quality of products being manufactured
• requires some data analysis
• Best colleges for biotech majors:
• Harvard
• Yale
• Columbia University
• Stanford
• University of Chicago
• CIT (California institute of technology)
• Northwestern University
• Duke University
• Dartmouth University

Bibliography:

http://thecollege.syr.edu/students/undergraduate/interdisciplinary/biotech/requirements.html

http://www.prospects.ac.uk/biomedical_engineer_job_description.htm

http://www.biotechnologydegrees.org/page/biotechnology-careers