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- Genetic modification of foods and
seeds
- Biopesticide and neutriceutical
development
- Wildlife management: identification and
protection of endangered species
- Authentication of consumables such as
wine and caviar
- Sequencing of many organisms,
including humans
- Data analysis and computation
- Functional genomics
- Proteomics
- Human variation in health and disease
- Microbial genetics
- Environmental studies
- Education
- Reporting, writing and editing
- Website development and maintenance
- Public relations
- Marketing
- Special events
- Biosciences industry investing
- Marketing and sales
- Banking
- Database creation, data analysis,
modelling and data transfer
- Supercomputing
- Mathematics, statistics and actuarial
fields
- Bioprocessing chamber, vat design
and production
- Toxic waste clean-up
- Instrumentation development
- Creation of new energy sources via
engineering and life science research
- Biomedical engineering
- Use of genetics to study population and
migration patterns
- Study of inheritance over evolutionary
time
- Education
- Patent specialities
- Specialities in ethical, legal and social
issues
- Gene and paternity testing
- DNA forensics – in the laboratory,
in the field and in the courtroom
- Medical genetics, genetic counselling
and genetic nursing
- Gene testing and gene therapy
- Organ transplantation, fertility and
reproduction
- Public health
- Pharmaceutical industry and suppliers:
- pharmacogenomics;
- chemical, vaccine, medicine
development and production;
- database development, operation and
use; and
- communication and work with
regulatory agencies.
- Soldier identification
- Pathogen (disease) identification
- Biological and chemical warfare
protection
- Radiation exposure assessment
- Research into space effects
- Search for other life forms, evidence
of life
Note:
Our look at the study of genetics and South African
universities will currently concentrate on what is available in the science and human sciences
sectors only.
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