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What is it like to work in biotechnology?

We interviewed students and alumni to learn about their careers and hear about a typical day on the job. Most of the people profiled in this section graduated from a community college biotech program. We also have video interviews and articles about people working in different kinds of biotech careers.

If you work in the biotech industry and graduated from a community college biotech or biomanufacturing program, we'd love to hear from you! Contact us to share your story!

Animal Laboratory Technician

Mandy​ Hunter has been working as an Laboratory Technician at ABS, Global. We asked Mandy ... Read more

Assistant Cell Biologist

Nihaarika Mohanarangan completed a Post Baccalaureate Certificate in Biotechnology at Madison College, and later a ... Read more

Associate Scientist I - Biomanufacturing

Ryan King is an Associate Scientist I at Aldevron. He prepares buffers, measures concentrations, packs ... Read more

Biofuels - Laboratory Intern

Elizabeth Stahl is a laboratory intern at Valero Renewable Fuels. She talked to us about ... Read more

Biotechnology Intern

Austin Storck has been working as an intern at Mirius Bio LLC. We asked Austin ... Read more

Cell Bank - Research Technician Supervisor

We culture human B cells for DNA and cell lines, here I am getting ready to take these cultures for DNA. Each culture represents a unique individual and each of my technicians (and myself) tend to have anywhere from 100-150 cultures growing at any one time.

Jenna Gravley is the Research Technician Supervisor for the Research Cell Bank at Fred Hutchinson ... Read more

Cell Culture - Lab Supervisor

Seravin Behnken is the Lab Supervisor at the cell culture core lab at the Fred ... Read more

Cell Culture - Lab Technician

Mitch Kane is a graduate of the Shoreline Community College Biotechnology Lab Specialist Certificate program. ... Read more

Computational Biology / Genomics - Research Associate

Milana Cypert, Research Associate at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), describes her work and ... Read more

DNA Sequencing Technician

Cagney Coomer has been working as a sequencing technician at the University of Kentucky Advanced ... Read more

Genomics - Research Associate

Suchitra Ramani, Research Associate at Bioo Scientific Corp. describes her work and shares a typical ... Read more

Genotyping Analyst I

Ashrita​ Simhadri has been working as an intern at Genotox Laboratories. We asked Ashrita some ... Read more

Head Distiller

Maddie Kelly graduated from Lewis & Clark College in Portland Oregon where she received a ... Read more

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Histologist

Lauri Zaker works as a Histologist at Acepix Biosciences in Hayward, California. She prepares animal ... Read more

Immunochemistry - Research Associate

Jessica Zabloski, Research Associate at Bioo Scientific Corp. tells us about making ELISA kits.Read more

Instructional Bioscience Outreach Representative

Mona Easterling is a professor and outreach planner. She completed the biotechnology program at Tulsa ... Read more

Lab Assistant II

Toni-Ann Walters is a Lab Assistant II at Valencia College.

Where did you ... Read more

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Laboratory / Manufacturing Technician

Julian Gutierrez works as a Lab / Manufacturing Technician at Biotility in Florida. He tracks ... Read more

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Marine Science Technician

Selena Alvarado is a Marine Science Technician with the United States Coast Guard.Read more

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Medical Lab Technician II

Polly Bechtold is a graduate of the Bridge to Biosciences Program (Lab Assistant Certificate) and ... Read more

Molecular Biology - Senior Research Associate

We talked with Desiree' Martin, a Senior Research Associate at Bioo Scientific Corp. Desiree' works ... Read more

Protein Purification - Research Associate

Dmitry Serbzhinsky holds a B.S. and M.S., and he completed the Biotechnology Lab Specialist program ... Read more

Renewable Energy and Bioproducts Technician

German Umana, works on renewable energy and bioproducts and is completing his Masters degree at ... Read more

Research Assistant - Graduate Student

The image shows Elizabeth Clawson, a graduate of Madison College, WI, working in the Biological ... Read more

Research Associate

Kevin Hin works as a Research Associate at Acepix Biosciences in Hayward, California. He manages ... Read more

Research Associate - Histology

Alexandra Allen works as a Research Associate at Acepix Biosciences in Hayward, California. She takes ... Read more

Research Associate II Antibody Discovery

Tyson Crary works on novel antibody discovery at Invenra. She describes her career path from ... Read more

Senior Assembly Technician

Tabor Grindrod is a Biologist / Senior Assembly Technician in Florida. According to Grindrod, the ... Read more

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Senior Associate Biomanufacturing

Kayla DeGuire, is a biomanufacturing senior associate at Catalent Pharma Solutions. She manufactures biologic pharmaceuticals ... Read more

Staff Research Assistant

Lena Bengtsson graduated from the Biotechnology program at City College of San Francisco where she ... Read more

Student Assistant JBEI

Jonathan Woo graduated from the Bio-Link Bridge to Bioscience Program at the City College of ... Read more

Student Assistant LBNL

Kenton Chung worked as a student lab assistant in the Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts Product ... Read more

Undergraduate Researcher

Julia Bittencourt earned the BACE credential while in high school. She credits the BACE for ... Read more

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Wastewater analyst

Veronica Benites works for Cel Analytical analyzing potable, recreational, and waste water. She shared her ... Read more

Water Quality - Intern

Jennifer Creekmur is a research assistant intern at City of Racine Health Department, Laboratory. She ... Read more