So, for instance, a biomedical company looking for someone with programming and computational biology skills might ask us for students who did well in our courses on cloud computing and genomics.
Math, Biology Skills, and Collaborations Needed.
Note that my biology skills are off the chain.
However, molecular biology skills continue to be in demand.
An engineer by training, de Mora had to learn many general biology and molecular biology skills.
The Student DNA Barcoding Project, an IBI prize winning module, develops student-generated research to study local biodiversity using molecular biology skills.
"You need a deep and broad knowledge, very good molecular biology skills, and the ability to generate ideas".
Enoch Huang, head of computational sciences at Pfizer PharmaTherapeutics Research and Development in Cambridge, Massachusetts, says that big pharma needs scientists with computational biology skills right now, but the needs are precise.
There, he worked on harnessing T cells in the fight against cancer, picking up molecular and cellular biology skills along the way.
But today, as she contemplates applying her synthetic biology skills to the production of antimicrobial compounds in a pharmaceutical or biotech company, she believes her opportunities are expanding.
