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The marriage of engineering, medicine and biology is offering people from a wide range of disciplines the chance to accelerate their careers. Myrna Watanabe investigates a growth industry.
As Western lifestyles spread around the world, diabetes has become an epidemic. Improved treatments are desperately needed, and the funding is there for those who may be able to help, says Ricki Lewis.
Chemical biology, using chemical tools to solve biological problems, is awakening interest among students and creating a new breed of researcher, says Tim Chapman.
Matching the march of evolution, developmental biology is branching out to encompass a wide variety of disciplines. As a result, recruiters want skills as well as qualifications, says Ricki Lewis.
Diagnosis has traditionally been overshadowed by new drug discoveries. But the expansion of molecular diagnostics is creating new careers for researchers in many fields. Hannah Hoag reports.
Born of necessity in the Victorian era, tropical medicine has been given a new impetus by genomics, philanthropy and an increasing awareness of the toll of tropical diseases. This is leading to new opportunities in tropical-disease research. Eugene Russo reports.
Opportunities in bioinformatics once abounded for the self-taught and industrially minded, but employers are now turning towards the formally trained and academics. Myrna Watanabe reports.
Scientists who can combine geographic information systems with satellite data are in demand in a variety of disciplines. Virginia Gewin gets her bearings.
