Careers in Bioinformatics

‘For life scientists with expertise and an interest in bioinformatics, computer science, statistics, and related skill sets, the job outlook couldn’t be rosier. Big pharma, biotech, and software companies are clamoring to hire professionals with experience in bioinformatics and the identification, compilation, analysis, and visualisation of huge amounts of biological and health care information’ says Science.

Nature wrote about this new species of biologist in an interesting article, ‘Biology goes digital’.

The Scientist‘s annual Life Sciences Salary Survey reported growth in salaries and employment opportunities in the fields of bioinformatics, biophysics, biotechnology, and neurosciences. This trend continued throughout the economic downturn from 2008 until the final survey in 2017. The growth is attributed to the increasing requirements for informatics components in large projects and the continued surge in high-throughput experiments and a corresponding demand for employees who can manage and interpret the data.