What is life Sciences?
Life sciences is the study of living organisms, their life processes and how they interact. Life sciences is a multidisciplinary field in itself.
Why I am writing this article?
I did my graduation in Life Sciences. Most of my classmates including myself joined the course because we couldn’t get into a medical college of our choice. Or wanted to prepare further for the NEET and life sciences was the safest option to continue preparing and keep doing graduation along with preparation.
Many left the course as they got into medical or pharmacy colleges. But I stayed because I got too involved in LIFE SCIENCES.
I was doing everything the course had to offer and exposure I got there is incomparable to anything and I’m very grateful that I continued.
I was involved in a Cluster Innovation Center project on Medicinal Plants, I was doing Environment Conservation internship from TERI, I was leaning bioinformatics, I studying animal physiology. And it was all so much fun. I know I was not doing medicine. But, along the way I learnt that I can contribute towards betterment of society by many other ways.
At that time I was not aware of everything the field could offer.
THE MYRIAD OF OPPORTUNITIES.
Here, I’m listing various specializations of life sciences where we do and learn a lot:
- Biochemistry: studying chemical structures underlying basic biological machinery.
- Biophysics: Combining physical theories in understanding functioning of cellular structures.
- Bioinformatics: Using statistical analysis to solve and comprehend biological data.
- Biomedical Sciences: Studying human body, diseases and ways to diagnose and treat them,
- Microbiology: Studying microscopic organisms; their functions, affects and ways to tackle them.
- Immunology: To study how body fights to infections and ways induce and enhance immunity.
- Pharmacology: Developing and testing drugs to treat disease.
All these fields create credentials that open doors across several sectors.
domains where these degrees are useful:
- PUBLIC AND HEALTH POLICY
- SCIENCE COMMUNICATION AND CONTENT MAKING
- REGULATORY AFAIRS
- CLINICAL TRIAL COORDINATOR ROLES
- QUALITY ASSURANCE
- PRODUCT MARKETING
Life sciences as a discipline is becoming more and more industry ready due to various investments and policies introduced in recent times related to life sciences. Post Covid19 the importance and need of innovation in the field is increasingly understood and being motivated.
According to ministry of science: India’s bio-economy surged from $10 billion to $195 billion in a decade.
This shows a promising upward growth in the sector.
To refine your positioning in any of the field you need to be sure of your interests and understand what really drives you.
What are the other ways one can create opportunities for themselves in fields of life sciences?
MBH/PS