What can I do with my degree in cell biology?
Knowledge & Skills Developed:
- Adaptability to different work environments
- Attention to detail
- Communication skills (verbal & written)
- Critical & inferential thinking
- Environmental sampling
- Ethical practice
- Experimental design
- Laboratory equipment operation
- Organization, analysis, & interpretation of scientific data
- Physiological understanding of micro-organisms
- Project management
- Scientific writing
- Stamina & endurance for field work
- Theory development
Potential Careers:
- Biological Technician
- Biologist
- Biotechnologist
- Cancer Researcher
- Cytologist
- Forensic Laboratory Analyst
- Geneticist
- Hydrologist
- Laboratory Technician
- Medical Librarian
- Product Manager-Stem Cell Biology
- Professor/Teacher
- Radiation Protection Technologist
- Research Scientist
Note: Additional education or specialized training is required for many occupations.
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Potential Employers:
- Amgen*
- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories*
- Environment Canada*
- Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer - Université de Montréal*
- Johnson & Johnson
- National Institute for Nanotechnology*
- Natural Resources Canada*
- Parks Canada Agency*
- Public Health Agency of Canada*
- STEMCELL Technologies*
- The Metabolomics Innovation Centre*
- University of Alberta*
*These companies have partnered with our Science Internship Program to offer you working experience during your undergraduate degree.