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This page from Bio-Link's career website features information about the different jobs and opportunities in the water quality technician career area. This page includes a brief description of water quality technicians, who "are responsible for calibrating and maintaining the equipment they use." ...

This article from Bio-Link's Career website discusses factors in finding the right job fit in the biotech field. Factors included are job quality, industry climate, social issues, employee turnover rate, and the influence of stakeholders on research. Links to related articles and job websites are...

This 1-page resource, made available by Los Angeles Mission College, provides a brief overview of a one week biotechnology workshop series held at the college in 2019. The goal of the workshop series was to "introduce participants to the endless possibilities that the biotechnology field has to...

In this video by Bio-Link teachers discuss experiences as biotech instructors. Experiences include working with Virtual Enterprise, a program where students work on real projects; motivating students to become science majors; developing a quality control system for a college department; and making...

This 13-page article, published by Digital World Biology, provides an overview of Biotech-Careers.org, its pathways for career exploration, and the results of a study on college students who have used the site. Biotech-Careers.org was created to address the needs of biotechnology employers for...

This 3-page lesson plan, provided by Northwestern Connecticut Community College, is for an activity that engages students in biotechnology career exploration. In the activity, students will use biotech-careers.org, a website with information about entry-level careers in the biotech industry, to...

This brief video, from Madison Area Technical College (now Madison College), explores the career possibilities of a biotechnology laboratory technician. Katy and Will walk viewers through the basics of the field, career outlooks, and potential areas for professional growth.

This video, from WGBH, takes a look at a high school student taking after school biotechnology courses at Middlesex Community College. This video explores microbiology programs, the skills students need to learn, and activities to help them hone those skills, such as through shadowing other college...

The ATETV project delivers web-based videos to connect students to careers in advanced technology. This episode of ATETV deals with biotechnology, video game design, and rapid prototyping. It can be viewed whole or in three segments: "Biotechnology Student Marina Watanabe on Why She Chose to Attend...

In this 2:34 video excerpt from Pathways to Technology, meet Suzanne Pooler, a biotechnology production support associate, whose work contributes to cancer treatment. As a production support associate, Suzanne supports scientists' research by keeping cancer cells alive in test tubes. Without the...