What interests you? Answer that question before you begin your graduate biological sciences degree and odds are good that you'll be able to find a career that fits you.
If you enjoy being outside and working with wild animals, consider a career in wildlife biology. Zoological parks, conversation organizations, state wildlife management agencies, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have wildlife biologists that improve wildlife biodiversity and habitats, conduct field research on habitats and wildlife, as well as monitor wildlife populations.
Wildlife biology careers include wildlife management, wildlife biologist, wildlife ecology, habitat management, endocrinology, pathology, applied animal ecology, behavioral biology, genetics, reproductive physiology, contraception, cryopreserving, and genome resource banking.
If you are concerned about the environment take a look at toxicology—the study of which chemicals and in what amounts they are dangerous. Toxicologists use molecular, genetic, and analytical techniques to unveil the damaging results of chemicals on the environment including humans. Research might include chemical carcinogenesis, reproductive and developmental toxicology, neurotoxicology, immunotoxicology, inhalation toxicology, or risk assessment.
Toxicology careers have expanded as interest grows in healthier and greener living. Chemical, pharmaceutical, industry, universities, and local, state, and federal governments have toxicologists on staff to conduct research, create protocols and laws to ensure the safety of products, workplaces, and guarantee the safe disposal of chemicals.
If you want to unlock the mysteries of cells, then the exciting and expanding field of cell, stem cell, and developmental biology might be the right path for you. Many pharmaceutical companies, universities, and research hospitals have a developmental biology division.
Researchers are studying cellular specification and differentiation, organogenesis, tissue morphogenesis, and cell-cell signaling during development, as well as microbial pathogenesis, endocrinology, cardiovascular biology, cancer biology, and cell signaling.
As you can see, in the field of biological sciences, you can truly forge your own pathway to the career of your dreams.
