What is like to be a structural biologist in a pharmaceutical company?

Pongpawan Sethanant @Pongpawan-Sethanant

08 February 2016 1 3K Report

I saw some structural biology positions in many pharmaceutical companies, but what do they actually do?

Is it the same as doing research?

Just curious. Thank you in advance for all the answers. :)

Rafik Karaman

Dear Pongpawan,

Yes. They usually do research which involve experiment and computational design. However, the projects in the industry are not pure science. The are for applied science (drugs, biological agents for diagnosis and etc.).

Hoping this will be helpful,

Rafik

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