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biotechnologist

  • a word derived from biotechnology.
    biotechnology
    noun
    the use of living organisms or other biological systems in the manufacture of drugs or other products or for environmental management, as in waste recycling: includes the use of bioreactors in manufacturing, microorganisms to degrade oil slicks or organic waste, genetically engineered bacteria to produce human hormones, and monoclonal antibodies to identify antigens.

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Dollar was hired at a UC Davis veterinary genetics lab in June as a biotechnologist, the same position she had been rejected from at CAHFS.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2024

“It’s an exceptional comet,” said Eliot Herman, a retired biotechnologist at the University of Arizona and an astrophotographer who has been tracking Pons-Brooks for several months.

From New York Times ● Apr. 16, 2024

Kevin Esvelt, a biotechnologist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, agrees.

From Science Magazine ● May 11, 2023

This was “a big conciliation,” says Marcel Jaspars, a marine biotechnologist at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland and an independent adviser to the negotiations.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 12, 2022

The Bristol Myers plaintiffs, all with six-figure salaries, are Carrie Kefalas, a physician overseeing clinical trial risk management for drug development; biotechnologist John Lott; data integrity manager Jeremy Beer, and biologist Kamila Dubisz.

From Reuters ● Dec. 1, 2021

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