• Choose from a medical biotechnology or molecular biotechnology stream
• Learn from practising researchers who are recognised internationally
• Unique topics in foundations in microbiology and bioscience from the bench to the community – if you choose the molecular biotechnology stream
• Understand science in the global market through commercialisation, entrepreneurship, financial management and business
• Offers research project placements within the University, Flinders Medical Centre and the biotechnology industry

Biotechnology is changing the world around us and is considered the growth technology of the 21st Century – with job opportunities to match. It is an exciting field of science that combines aspects of medicine and biology. The possible applications are almost endless – from the diagnosis and treatment of human diseases and improved production of therapeutic agents to the development of enhanced crop species, transgenic organisms for new drugs, biosensors for environmental pollutants and improved waste treatment processes.

Potential occupations include:

• biotechnologist
• bioanalytical quality assurance associate
• biodiscovery research officer
• graduate research assistant
• medical information associate.

Potential employers include:

• Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics
• Bionomics
• Department of Industry, Innovation and Science
• Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
• Novozymes.