Cool_dude_Pr Posted January 30, 2007 Posted January 30, 2007 Hi all, My friend is in his final year of graduation in Biochemistry. And he has absolutely no idea what to do next... He wants to have an idea of what can be taken up next, other than just plain biochemistry... Coz he feels, that Masters is a good time to specialise... What do u feel? Shud he continue with Biochem in his masters and specialise in his Ph.D? or should he specialise in masters itself? and wat are the possible fields he can venture into? and which is the best place in the world for a Doctoral and Post-Doc for this field? Kindly help... Prav.
ecoli Posted January 30, 2007 Posted January 30, 2007 This is a good webstie put out by the NIH that helps in finding careers + salaries. http://science.education.nih.gov/LifeWorks
Bluenoise Posted January 30, 2007 Posted January 30, 2007 Well it all depends on what he wants to do. I don't see how specializing fits into this. Even if he does do biochemistry in grad school he will have to specialize. Most programs are entirley research based, so you specialize by picking your research project. Which can be everthing from working with nucleic acids to tackling mechanism behind cancer. I only have to take 1 course in my program, and it doesn't even have to be a biochemistry course. If on the otherhand he'd rather go into another field altogether than he has many options such as organic chem, medicine, etc. Ask him what topics interest him, and then he should find labs studying that. And apply to whatever program lets him work on that topic. Once you get into grad school the name of your program isn't anywhere nearly as important as the kind of research you do and the papers you end up publishing. Other wise there is work in industry. However without some grad school this is typically limited. You might have luck finding placement as a lab technician. However, this isn't a position that really has any room for advancement. And finding a placement in other industry can be very very difficult. I have some friends who took a long time to find any work. And even then didn't like it or got fired due to inexperience...
Aftabnadim Posted February 17, 2007 Posted February 17, 2007 hi i want to know from u that wt r the main steps involved in research in biochemistry i have no concept for that and wt type of research i have to chose for my thesis
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