Top products from r/biotech
We found 27 product mentions on r/biotech. We ranked the 13 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
1. Career Opportunities in Biotechnology and Drug Development
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 3
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Show Reddit reviews2. I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
Ecco Pr
Show Reddit reviews3. Genentech: The Beginnings of Biotech (Synthesis)
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Used Book in Good Condition
Show Reddit reviews4. The Billion Dollar Molecule: One Company's Quest for the Perfect Drug
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Used Book in Good Condition
Show Reddit reviews5. Understanding Pharma: The Professional's Guide To How Pharmaceutical And Biotech Companies Really Work
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
Used Book in Good Condition
Show Reddit reviews6. Managing Biotechnology: From Science to Market in the Digital Age
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
Show Reddit reviews7. CRISPR: Methods and Protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology (1311))
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Show Reddit reviews8. Molecular Biotechnology: Principles and Applications of Recombinant DNA (ASM Books)
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
Show Reddit reviews9. Science Lessons: What the Business of Biotech Taught Me About Management
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Used Book in Good Condition
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Hello,
I've worked in marketing for biotech for about 3 years in reagent companies. My degree is in Biochemistry & Cell Biology. I initially did product development for a relatively big company during my undergrad as an intern, and was hired to stay on the team, guaranteed job after graduation, etc.
About 6 months before graduating, I realized I like to talk a lot and that my personality just didn't fit the lab, so I picked up a marketing internship at a smaller company that sold the same product I developed. They gave me insight to the whole business experience: operations, technical support, customer support, marketing, and then management.
I realized marketing in biotech, at least for the companies I worked with, was heavily dependent on digital marketing since we were e-commerce based, so I learned a lot about email automation, SEO, took a few online certificates (Google Analytics, Adwords, Google's Digital Marketing Inbound Certificate), read a few books, and learned how to use a few open source graphic designing programs (inkscape, scribus). I strongly recommend the book below:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07MZCPPTB/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
They also have a Life Science Marketing Radio podcast that I listen to every day, but the more I learn, the more I realize that being able to understand front end web development is critical for good marketing in an e-commerce based setting.
Biotech tends to be the last industry to jump onto modern marketing technology, so the things you learn may not be applicable to the companies you work with. There isn't a lot of competition in biotech in my opinion, mostly because everyone is looking for someone who knows science. Most biotech companies have scientists as managers, so if you can blow them away with a good background in both areas, you'll be a strong candidate.
Feel free to PM me if you have any other questions!
This book is next on my pile of things to read. Having not read it yet, I cannot give a review but maybe you’ll find it useful.
Science Lessons: What the Business of Biotech Taught Me About Management https://www.amazon.com/dp/1591398614/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_NAkrDb65JP41G
This book I have read. It’s a quick read (like an elongated Wikipedia article), and good for learning the history of one of the first hallmark biotech businesses, Genentech.
Genentech: The Beginnings Of Biotech (Synthesis) https://www.amazon.com/dp/022604551X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_gCkrDb46840PZ
Happy reading!
Billion Dollar Molecule- more about pharma than biotech but a lovely read
Check out the book Career Opportunities in Biotechnology and Drug Development . It’s a fantastic resource.
Short answer is that after some research it is clear we are in a bit of a method explosion, where methods are developed for specific systems, rather than as a readily transferable toolbox. That makes sense, we are yet to discover which type of protocol proves the most efficacious.
A partial collection:
But this is by no means exhaustive and just an observation of what may be available.
I recommend this book to anyone making an early career transition into biopharma:
https://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Pharma-Professionals-Pharmaceutical-Companies/dp/0976309637
Check this out. I found it exceptionally useful (in 2011...)
It is dated, but most of what it covers is still relevant.
The immortal life of Henrietta lacks
https://www.amazon.com/Molecular-Biotechnology-Principles-Applications-Recombinant/dp/1555819362/ref=dp_ob_title_bk
https://www.amazon.com/Career-Opportunities-Biotechnology-Drug-Development/dp/0879698802
https://www.amazon.com/Managing-Biotechnology-Science-Market-Digital/dp/1119216176
https://www.amazon.com/Drugs-Discovery-Approval-Rick-Ng-ebook/dp/B00WWQQ842
https://www.amazon.com/Biotechnology-Entrepreneurship-Starting-Managing-Companies-ebook/dp/B00JVLHAQ6
I contain multitudes and Hood: Trailblazer of the Genomics Age