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Biology with a lab coat, a grant proposal, and delusions of curing everything.
means The broad field of science devoted to studying living organisms, from molecules to ecosystems, often with an eye toward practical application.
from A straightforward compound of the Greek 'bios' (life) and 'science' (from Latin 'scientia,' knowledge). 'Bio-' has been a productive prefix for life-related coinages since the 19th century, but 'bioscience' itself gained real traction in the 20th century as a way to badge biology-adjacent research — biotech, biomedicine, life sciences generally — with a more modern, interdisciplinary, often commercially-minded sheen than plain old 'biology.'
- scope
- spans genes, cells, drugs, and ecosystems at once
- funding reality
- most breakthroughs take over a decade to pay off
- mouse problem
- cures mice constantly, humans much less reliably
- job market
- PhDs often outnumber available lab positions