Question

Name 2 careers in biotechnology that are of interest to you and why?

Answer 1

Biomedical Engineering:

• The career opens vast and limitless scope in field of medicine and pharmaceuticals.
• To contribute to the progression of genetic medicine by applying processes like Human genome project, Recombinant DNA technology, sequencing techniques.
• Applying genetic screening methods for the prospect in revealing the future scope of a disease that may occur.
• Prospect of designing and applying new techniques for diagnoses and treatment methods, like CRISPR is a new prospect.
• Take a clinical point of view regarding the seriousness or effect of the disease, like in case of cancerous genes.

Agricultural engineering:

• As modern farming has created a revolution in agricultural field, agriculture engineering is a potential career related to biotechnology.
• Biotechnology in agriculture will lead to high productivity or increased production rate. This would enhance the income of the producers. Also benefit the consumers, as average price of the agricultural products will decrease.
• Certain crops may be enhanced using biotechnology to alter them as pest resistant, drought resistant, frost resistant, crops growing under acidic soil, water-logged condition, extreme temperatures.
• Crops with higher nutritional values, like iodine containing crop, easily digestible plants etc. may enhance food quality.
• Creation of cash crops, petrochemicals, and other chemicals cause economic benefit.