Careers in Biology
Studies all aspects of cells
What is a Cell Biologist?
Collect DNA samples and conduct tests to gather genetic information.
What is a DNA Analyst?
Oversees the operation of biomedical machines and tools
What is a Biomedical Equipment Technician?
Creates visual material to help record & disseminate medical, biological & related information
What is a Medical Illustrator?
Scientist who specializes in plant life
What is a Botanist?
Develops products from living plant and animal systems
What is a Biotechnician?
Professionals with education in genomics and counseling that specialize in helping patients and families make decisions about their genomic health and adapt to genomic risk.
What is a Genetic Counselor?
Controls and maintains heavy machinery at chemical plants
What is a Chemical Operator?
Studies genes' effect on physical traits and how multiple genes and their inter relationships influence the growth and development of an organism.
What is a Genomics Researcher?
Grows living cells in culture flasks, bioreactors, plates and other kinds of containers.
What is a Cell Culture Technician?
Looks for the patterns in life and analyze them with math and physics
What is a Biophysicist?
Examines samples of patients’ DNA to identify genetic abnormalities which may be part of inherited diseases
What is a Molecular Geneticist?
Performs daily bench work to meet required levels of quality for raw materials
What is a Chemistry Quality Control Technician?
Investigate the ethical, legal, social or policy implications of genetics and genomics related to patient care and research.
What is an Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications (ELSI) Researcher?
Looks for ways to prevent & treat diseases that cause illness and death in people and in animals
What is a Biomedical Researcher?
Studies the chemical and physical principles of living things and of biological processes, such as cell development, growth, and heredity
What is a Biochemist?
Clinicians including nurses, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, physicians, and physician associates that apply genomic information about an individual as part of their clinical care (e.g. for diagnostic or therapeutic decision-making).
What is a Genomic Medicine Clinician?
Manage their organization's need to obey regulations such as grant requirements, or local, state or federal laws
What is a Compliance Specialist?
Teaches health care providers how to access and evaluate information; help them stay abreast of and learn about new developments in their fields; contribute expertise on a variety of topics
What is a Medical Librarian?
Scientists who develop and apply analytical methods and mathematical modeling techniques to the study of genomic systems.
What is a Computational Genomics and Data Scientist?
Studies living organisms that are invisible to the naked eye, such as bacteria and fungi; or nonliving organisms-- viruses
What is a Microbiologist?
Doctors with either a Ph.D. or M.D. that specialize in providing comprehensive laboratory, diagnostic, management, and genetic counseling services for patients with, or at risk for, genetically influenced health problems.
What is a Clinical and Laboratory Geneticist?
Innovate fundamentally new solutions, develop those innovations into useful tools, show those new tools work with exemplary work, disseminate their findings and approaches, and provide a path to commercialization and utilization in basic research and clinical settings.
What is Technology Development?
Creates mathematical models, develop dynamic simulations, and perform analyses of biological systems. Also known as biostatisticians, biometricians, and computational biologists.
What is a Bioinformatician?
Teaches students after the high school level, conducts research and publishes materials related to their field of study
What is a College Professor?