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“Fast Forward” – a look at today’s microbiology field

Filed under Career Exploration, Employment Outlook
Posted by Libraries, June 02, 2006
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Bob Holmes, The Insider, May 20, 2006

http://www.sciencejobs.com/insider/article.action?article.id=insider175&focusId=usa

“Until recently, microbiology as a discipline seemed to be grinding to a halt … not any longer”

Only a generation ago the view of microbiology was that it had found solutions to most diseases through antibiotics and vaccines and therefore had lost much of its relevance. However, the major importance and relevance of microbiology has returned due to antibiotic resistant bacteria and new viruses like ebola and avian flu. Thanks to recent cutting-edge techniques, microbiologists are able to discover the genomic sequences of microbes in a short amount of time, which has revolutionized the field.

This article briefly describes the different, exciting branches of microbiology. Not only are microbiologists working to combat the threat of bioterrorism, but environmental microbiologists are also searching for ways to use microbes to detoxify contaminated sites, to produce energy, and to reduce global warming. As well, microbiologists are working in the area of biomedicine to learn how microbes help keep a body healthy.

To learn more about a career in biology, visit our website at http://my.simmons.edu/library/collections/
career/biology.shtml or stop by the Career Resource Library for books like Environmental Careers for the Twenty-First Century and What Can You Do with a Major in Biology?

—Peter Simm