See the posted notice for more information. CNS is initiating an Undergraduate Research Support Program starting this Fall. Application information is posted or can be obtained from Associate Dean McGroarty's Office. Approximately half of the anticipated jobs are permanent with the other half being postdocs. The outlook is best in the industrial and educational sectors and poorer in the government and clinical-medical sectors.
Molecular biology is the top growth speciality for new microbiology jobs.
BS and MS microbiologists are expected to fill a larger fraction of new jobs than they hold at present. The outlook for medical technologists is less positive due to the weakening position of the clinical-medical sector. Databases of positions available and positions desired are maintained in searchable formats. No, it was not about Ron Patterson's eating habits, the article discusses isolating and engineering microbes to degrade plastics and other waste products. Comments of several MIC and CME faculty are included.