Bioinformatics scope

ayeshahameed

What kind of job opportunities are available for the bioinformatician ?

haseebayazi

ayeshahameed Following are the primary job opportunities for the Bioinformaticians.

Academia
Teaching Faculty
Research Assistant/Associate
Lab Attendants
Industry
Biostatistician
Bioinformatics Software Developer
Scientific Curators
Analysts

Those bioinformaticians with programming skills apply have jobs in Software Development sector as well. Similarly, those with good analysis skills can look for jobs in the Data Science, Big Data, AI & ML as well.

In the end, it depends if you have developed a good skillset during your degree or not.

KhizraMaqsood

Academic jobs but only in few institutions hardly 5 or 6.

haseebayazi

KhizraMaqsood

Actually there are around 16 different institutions that are offering Bioinformatics programs, which means they offer jobs as well.

Here is the list.

https://jaamiah.com/university_tag/bioinformatics/

DuaFatima

Where can we apply for jobs in islamabad / pindi. I only know narc and nih.

haseebayazi

DuaFatima

You can look for jobs in other sectors as well such as IT, Software, Web, Data Science etc.

Search for jobs on LinkedIn, Indeed, Glassdoor, Jobs.pk, etc using different keywords such as Data Analyst (if you are good with analysis) and Developer (if you have good programming skills).