EBI enhances the university’s efforts to equip students for careers in modern biomedical research and business by involving them in the life of the institute in all its interdisciplinary and entrepreneurial complexity. Industry leaders value the skills and perspective of EBI’s staff and students. This is one reason why students from our labs have been hired by companies like Bristol Myers-Squibb and Human Genome Sciences, while others have entered academic positions or medical schools.

Bioscience specialties
Whether education and experience is obtained at EBI, within Ohio University or elsewhere, the dynamic biosciences industry offers opportunities for recent graduates and established professionals. Here are some potential career paths within bioscience. The links at the end of the list take you to websites that provide general information about careers in life sciences and about each of the options listed.

• Bioengineering
• Business and industry
• Computational biology (including Bioinformatics)
• Economics
• Education
• Envioronmental management and conservation
• Forensic science
• Health care
• History and anthropology
• Law and justice
• Politics and policy
• Research
• Science writing and communication

Related links

General information about careers in life sciences

American Institute of Biological Sciences: Careers in the Biological Sciences
http://www.aibs.org/careers/

The Biotechnology Institute: Careers in Biotechnology
http://www.biotechinstitute.org/careers/index.html

Careers in the Biosciences: Human Genome Project
http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/
Human_Genome/education/careers.shtml

Specific life sciences job sites
The sites below provide listings of individual jobs in life sciences.

Bio.com's career center
http://www.bio.com/jobs

BioSpace Career Center
http://www.biospacejobs.com/bspj/servlet/BSPJHome

Cato Research's Biotechnology Information Directory
http://www.cato.com/biotech/index.html

The Scientist: Careers
http://careers.the-scientist.com/

Life sciences general information sites
For more general information about the life sciences, try the links below.

BioteCanada
http://www.biotech.ca/EN/

Biotechnology Industry Organization
http://www.bio.org

Council for Biotechnology Information
http://www.whybiotech.com/

Europa-Bio
http://www.europa-bio.be/

National Center for Biotechnology Information
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/

Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)
http://www.phrma.org

Biotechnology centers

Center for Biotechnology
A New York State Center for Advanced Technology
http://www.biotech.sunysb.edu/index.html

North Carolina Biotechnology Center
http://www.ncbiotech.org/

University of Wisconsin Biotechnology Center
http://www.biotech.wisc.edu/