People in Biotechnology
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!
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Animal Laboratory Technician
Mandy has been working as an Laboratory Technician at ABS, Global. We asked Mandy some questions about her work and her training.
Assistant Cell Biologist
Nihaarika completed a Post Baccalaureate Certificate in Biotechnology at Madison College, and later a Masters degree at UW-Madison. She has worked as a Specimen Processing ...
Associate Scientist I - Biomanufacturing
Ryan is an Associate Scientist I at Aldevron. He prepares buffers, measures concentrations, packs columns, and purifies material using Tangential Flow Filtration.
Biofuels - Laboratory Intern
Elizabeth is a laboratory intern at Valero Renewable Fuels. She talked to us about her position as an intern working in biofuels.
Biotechnology Intern
Austin has been working as an intern at Mirius Bio LLC. We asked Austin some questions about his work and his training.
Cell Bank - Research Technician Supervisor
Jenna is the Research Technician Supervisor for the Research Cell Bank at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. She is a graduate of the Shoreline Community College ...
Cell Culture - Lab Supervisor
Seravin is the Lab Supervisor at the cell culture core lab at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. She graduated from the Shoreline Community College ...
Cell Culture - Lab Technician
Mitch is a graduate of the Shoreline Community College Biotechnology Lab Specialist Certificate program. He works at Fred Hutch in Seattle, WA in a lab that studies cord blood stem ...
Computational Biology / Genomics - Research Associate
Milana, Research Associate at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), describes her work and shares a typical day.
DNA Sequencing Technician
Cagney has been working as a sequencing technician at the University of Kentucky Advanced Genetic Technologies Center (AGTC). We asked Cagney about her work and her training.
Genomics - Research Associate
Suchitra, Research Associate at Bioo Scientific Corp. describes her work and shares a typical day.
Genotyping Analyst I
Ashrita has been working as an intern at Genotox Laboratories. We asked Ashrita some questions about her work and her training.
Graduate Research Assistant
Alexa describes her path from the University of South Florida to Hillsborough Community College to NASA to graduate school.
Head Distiller
Maddie graduated from Lewis & Clark College in Portland Oregon where she received a Bachelors Degree in Chemistry. She currently works for 2bar Spirits as their Head Distiller.
Histologist
Lauri works as a Histologist at Acepix Biosciences in Hayward, California. She prepares animal tissue to put on slides for scientists or pathologists to view.
Immunochemistry - Research Associate
Jessica, Research Associate at Bioo Scientific Corp. tells us about making ELISA kits.
Instructional Bioscience Outreach Representative
Mona is a professor and outreach planner. She completed the biotechnology program at Tulsa Community College. In addition, she holds an M.S. in Natural Science, a B.S. in Molecular ...
Lab Assistant II
Toni-Ann is a Lab Assistant II at Valencia College.
Laboratory Associate
David tells us about his career journey from a position as an animal attendant at MD Anderson Cancer Center to an internship where he did a research project studying cortisol ...
Laboratory Technician
Julian works as a Laboratory Technician at Biotility in Florida. He tracks inventory, prepares bacterial stocks and media for clients, maintains the lab database, creates SOPs ...
Marine Science Technician
Selena Alvarado is a Marine Science Technician with the United States Coast Guard.
Media Prep Technician
Sofia shares her career journey from City College of San Francisco to Genentech.
Medical Lab Technician II
Polly is a graduate of the Bridge to Biosciences Program (Lab Assistant Certificate) and the Biotechnology Program (Biotechnician Certificate) of City College of San Francisco. ...
Molecular Biology - Senior Research Associate
We talked with Desiree', a Senior Research Associate at Bioo Scientific Corp. Desiree' works with immunochemistry and molecular biology. She produces antibodies, purifies these ...
Post doctoral scientist
Cagney shares her career journey from a DNA sequencing core laboratory to graduate school and becoming a Hanna H Gray Fellow at Dartmouth College.
Product Manager
Mariko shares her career journey from Research Associate at Tioga Reserarch to Product Manger at BD.
Protein Purification - Research Associate
Dmitry holds a B.S. and M.S., and he completed the Biotechnology Lab Specialist program at Shoreline Community College. He now works in protein purification at the Center for ...
Quality Control Analyst
Diana shares her career journey from Triton College to Ingredion.
Renewable Energy and Bioproducts Technician
German works on renewable energy and bioproducts and is completing his Masters degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Research Assistant - Graduate Student
The image shows Elizabeth, a graduate of Madison College, WI, working in the Biological Safety Cabinet. In this photo, she was getting ready to stimulate the cells with fresh media ...
Research Associate - Histology
Alexandra works as a Research Associate at Acepix Biosciences in Hayward, California. She takes part in every step of the histology process including gross (inspect with the naked ...
Research Associate II Antibody Discovery
Tyson works on novel antibody discovery at Invenra. She describes her career path from Madison College to antibody discovery.
Research Associate II, Animal Facility
Jonathan shares his career journey from working as a veterinary technician to working at City of Hope, cancer treatment and research center.
Research Associate II, Assay Development
Destiny shares her career journey from Valencia College to Resilience.
Research Associate, Histotechnology
Kevin works as a Research Associate at Acepix Biosciences in Hayward, California. He manages reagents and supplies as well as prepares samples and slides for inspection.
Scientist I
Eulalia shares her career journey from Clinical Lab Technician to research in Japan to Scientist I at Thermo Fisher.
Senior Assembly Technician
Tabor is a Biologist / Senior Assembly Technician in Florida. According to Grindrod, the BACE helped him find a research position while he was a student. Now he helps fight COVID ...
Senior Associate Biomanufacturing
Kayla is a biomanufacturing senior associate at Catalent Pharma Solutions. She manufactures biologic pharmaceuticals for treating disease.
Staff Research Assistant
Lena graduated from the Biotechnology program at City College of San Francisco where she received certificates in Bio-manufacturing, Biotechnology, Biotechnology Lab Assistant ...
Student Assistant JBEI
Jonathan graduated from the Bio-Link Bridge to Bioscience Program at the City College of San Francisco. He currently works as a Student Assistant at the Joint BioEnergy Institute ...
Student Assistant LBNL
Kenton worked as a student lab assistant in the Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts Product Development Unit at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He describes some of the ...
Undergraduate Researcher
Julia earned the BACE credential while in high school. She credits the BACE for helping her find a position as an undergraduate researcher in a developmental biology lab at the ...
Wastewater analyst
Veronica works for Cel Analytical analyzing potable, recreational, and waste water. She shared her insights about her work and education.
Water Quality - Intern
Jennifer is a research assistant intern at City of Racine Health Department, Laboratory. She talked to us about her position as an intern working in water quality.