Project Description: Career awareness and science enhancement activities for junior high and high school students.

Junior Career Day

BiotechnologyOctober 9, 2006

Presented by: Nihal Behrens & Brian Albrecht

Dr. Kathy Brock Brian Albrecht Nihal Behrens Project Director Program Chair Science Ed Outreach kbrock@nwicc.edu balbrecht@nwicc.edu

nbehrens@nwicc.edu

This project is funded by a grant awarded under the President’s Community Based Job Training Grant as implemented by the U.S. Department of Labor’s

Employment and Training Administration (CB-15-162-06-60).

Career Day

Biotechnology

Outline

►What is Biotechnology?►Major Areas of Biotechnology►Types of Biotechnology►Biotechnology Related Jobs►Educational Requirements►Area Industries

What is Biotechnology?

►Biotechnology is not a new science►Many applications represent old practices

with new methodologies►Selective breeding►Fermentation►Antibiotics

►Large area….many definitions►A technology based on biology,used

in agriculture, food science, medicine, and industry

Major Areas of Biotechnology

►Organismic ►Working with existing organisms or their

cells►Genetic makeup not altered►Improve organism (selective breeding)►Example: cloning (Dolly)

►Molecular►Changing genetic makeup of organisms►The structure/parts of cells are altered►Example: genetic engineering

Types of Biotechnology

►Microbial►Agricultural►Animal►Forensic►Medical►Regulatory

Categories of Biotechnology Jobs

►Scientific Positions:►Research and development►Manufacturing and production►Clinical Research►Quality control

►Non Scientific Positions:►Information Systems►Marketing and sales►Regulatory affairs►Administration/legal affairs

Academic Degrees & Job Titles

►Certificate/AAS degree►1-2 year Community

college►Biotechnician

►Bachelor’s degree►4 year College►Research associate

►Master’s degree►1-3 years after

Bachelor’s degree►Research associate

►Doctorate►4-6 years after

bachelor’s►Scientist

►Postdoctorate►1 or more years of

experience►Scientist

Educational Requirements

►In high school►Basic biology

►Advanced biology

►Basic chemistry►Advanced chemistry

►Introduction to computers

Area Industries

►Ethanol►Ethanol 2000►Little Sioux Corn Processors►Otter Creek Ethanol►Midwest Grain Processors►Sioux River Ethanol►SiouxLand Energy and Livestock

Coop►Cheese Production

►AMPI (milk producers)

Area Industries

►Agricultural►Terra Industries (Ammonia and nitrogen

production)►AGP (Ag Processing, Inc.)

►Animal►Trans Ova Genetics►Boehringer Ingelheim (animal

pharmaceutuical)►Novartis►Van Beek Scientific►Newport Laboratories

Area Industries

►Quality Control (QC)►All industry must have a QC

department

Questions?

Career Day

Lab Technician

Outline

►Nature of the Work►Educational Requirements►Specific Technician Areas►Earnings

Nature of the Work

►Part of Biotechnician►Concerned with only lab work

►Technicians set up, operate, and maintain laboratory instruments

►Monitor experiments►Calculate and record results, and

often develop conclusions make observations

Nature of the Work

►Keep detailed logs of all of work-related activities

►Perform production work►Monitor manufacturing processes

►Ensure quality by testing products for proper proportions of ingredients, for purity, or for strength and durability

Educational Requirements

►In high school►Basic biology

►Advanced biology

►Basic chemistry►Advanced chemistry

►Introduction to computers

Specific Technician Areas

►Agricultural technicians ►Biological technicians►Chemical technicians ►Environmental science and

protection technicians

Agricultural Technicians

►Work with agricultural scientists►Food, fiber, animal research,

production, and processing

►Run tests and experiments to improve the yield and quality of crops

►Animals Breeding

Biological Technicians

►Work with biologists studying living organism

►Work with scientists to conduct medical research►Cure for cancer or AIDS►Pharmaceutical companies

►Develop and manufacture medicinal and pharmaceutical preparations

►Work as laboratory assistants, studying living organisms and infectious agents

Biological Technicians

►Analyze organic substances, such as blood, food, and drugs

►Examine evidence in a forensic science laboratory

►Work in biotechnology laboratories:►Gain knowledge and techniques such

as including recombinant DNA, and apply them in product development

Chemical Technicians

►Work with chemists and chemical engineers►Develop and use chemicals and related

products and equipment►Two types of chemical technicians

►Research and development technicians, work in experimental laboratories

►Process control technicians, work in manufacturing or other industrial plants

►Conduct a variety of laboratory procedures, from routine process control to complex research projects►For example, they may collect and analyze samples

of air and water to monitor pollution levels

Environmental Science & Protection

Technicians►Laboratory and field tests

►Monitor environmental resources►Determine the contaminants and sources

of pollution in the environment

►Responsible for ►Waste management operations►Control and management of hazardous

materials inventory►General activities involving regulatory

compliance

Earnings

►Science technicians held about 324,000 jobs in 2004

►Chemical and biological technicians accounted for 39 percent of all jobs

U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics

Earnings

►Median hourly earnings of science technicians in May 2004 were as follows:►Forensic science technicians $21.16►Chemical technicians $18.35►Environmental science and protection

technicians, including health $16.99►Biological technicians $15.97►Agricultural and food science

technicians $14.29

U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics

Questions?

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