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Bio-tech: key specialisations

T. Muralidharan

Animal biotechnology, industrial biotechnology, seri biotechnology, aquaculture and marine biotechnology, medical biotechnology, microbial biotechnology and food biotechnology are the various areas of specialisation in biotechnology.

Another specialised area in biotechnology is human factors engineering, also called ergonomics, or human engineering. It is the science dealing with the application of information on physical and psychological characteristics to the design of devices and systems for human use. Because of its broad scope, human-factors engineering draws upon parts of such social or physiological sciences as anatomy, anthropometry, applied physiology, environmental medicine, psychology, sociology, and toxicology, as well as parts of engineering, industrial design, and operations research.

Basic groundwork for entry into biotechnology would be the science stream at the plus two level.

After this your options are to go through a degree in agriculture, veterinary science and animal husbandry, medical, life science, genetics, pharmacy, microbiology, botany, zoology, chemistry, chemical engineering/technology, agricultural engineering, food technology, human biology, and allied subjects before embarking on specialisation in biotechnology.

One can start off with biotechnology/genetics as a subsidiary/applied component/subject at the graduation level after a plus two in the science group.

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