Profile:
Biologist
Functions:
Biologist able to exercise his/her competence in the fields of industry, health and public administration as well as in private laboratories.
Skills:
Understanding of normal and abnormal biological processes and skills in analytical methods.
The acquired skills may be used in: companies and public and private laboratories in the field of the control of and/or industrial, human activities such as zoo-prophylaxis; agricultural control (for example the control of the spread of infections in cultivated plants); environmental and hygiene control, where molecular/genetic expertise is needed; execution of phylogenetic testing, genetic testing and molecular diagnostics related to various diseases (cancer, viral diseases, etc.), paternity testing, karyotype identification, etc.; food diagnostic testing and GMOs identification; toxicology tests for the identification of drugs and drug use; use of molecular biomarkers for the monitoring of terrestrial and marine pollution levels; in the Scientific Investigations Departments of Police corps, for situations requiring specialists able to perform DNA analysis on biological samples:
Professional opportunities:
Professional practice, public and private institutions. Basic and specialized diagnostic laboratories, environmental analysis laboratories, pharmaceutical laboratories
Profile:
Nutritionist
functions:
Biologist able to determine optimum diet for the individual, also in relation to established pathophysiological conditions or to identify optimal diets for communities, such as canteens, sports groups, hospitals, nursing homes etc., in relation to the characteristics of the subjects.
Skills:
Knowledge of the biology of nutrition and of the major alterations of metabolism. Ability to assess the human nutritional and energy needs.
Professional opportunities:
Professional practice, public and private institutions.
Profile:
Researcher
Functions:
Researcher in public and private research institutes, capable of identifying or helping to identify particularly original, meaningful and valuable advances in basic or applied research (health biology, environment, biotechnology etc.).
Skills:
Ability to apply the scientific method and to design, collect, interpret and process, even from a statistical point of view, scientific data derived from observation and obtained from laboratory experiments.
Professional opportunities:
public and private research institutions
Profile:
Science communicator
Functions:
Biologist communicator for information activities with Health and Wellbeing professionals (pharmacies, doctors, naturopaths, osteopaths, herbalists etc.).
Skills:
Dissemination and development of scientific and technological innovation
Professional opportunities:
Private companies