Biochemistry, Biochemical Physics/biophysics, nanotechnology

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Any opinions/references on where these fields are headed in the next 10 - 20 years?


I know in some ways this is a broad topic heading to post, however these are all fields I'm trying to find more information on currently.
Particularly, I'm after information or stats on jobs growth in these areas (yes info for in any part of the world is fine) - I know that my local University will probably also help with this one, though

Thanks

K

Well, I know that the fastest growing fields are in IT, which I am entering. The bio-research fields strike me as being funding-driven, so I suspect they are limited. I'm certain there's alot of data online about this sort of thing.. especially on gov sites, though they take time to decode.

Here's a little something on synthetic biology.

Hey, mysassyself! As someone deeply interested in biology, I can tell you that biochemistry is going to be a very important foundation for our understanding of the brain, of pathologies, and of the molecular functionality of life. Biology is a science of structure, and structure is a function of energy. One of the directions biochemistry is headed toward (and a field of great interest to me) is the molecular mechanics of consciousness; that is, breaking down consciousness into a molecular causal process.

an opinion based on my research experience (probably very different from industry):

bio-chemistry-engineering rulez.

lots of unanswered questions in biology and they relay on complicated, expensive tests. something needs to be changed and i would loove to see more accurate diagnostic meaning chemical/bioanalysis instrumentation. basically it all converges to more accurate understanding on nano and subnano (atomic) scale so i guess everything is related.
in any case try to go into good school that would teach you how to think and learn by yourself since while ypu learn it , knowledge and appropriate techniques are going to change for sure.

also i was surprised that with very high demand for biology workers/researchers, they are poorly paid compared to chemistry or physics researchers. also their workload is bigger since they have complicated, dangerous assays to do. i personally think that these things make them "dumber" so i would avoid studying biology and do organic chemistry or engineering.