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Specialties that open doors
Clinical microbiology
Identifying what is making a patient sick, and which antibiotic will still work. Hospital based and board certified.
Sterility assurance and quality in drug manufacturing
Heavily regulated work that every drug plant needs.
Molecular methods
PCR (polymerase chain reaction) and genome sequencing have replaced a lot of culturing. Knowing both makes you rare.
Bioinformatics
Handling sequencing data in code. The single most transferable skill in modern biology.