Biotechnology Option

The Boston area is rich in biomedical, pharmaceutical and other biotech companies and organizations. UMass Lowell prepares Biotechnology Option students for careers in this area with practical, hands-on courses providing laboratory skills in Cell Culture, Recombinant Protein Production, Molecular Biology and Genetics. 

The option is ideal for students interested in careers in pharmaceuticals, biomedical research, and a wide variety of other biotechnology fields.

Courses You'll Take

Take a core of basic courses in biology alongside a wide variety of electives in molecular and cell biology. 

Sample courses include: 

• Stem Cell Biology
• Recombinant Protein Production
• Immunology
• Human Neurobiology
• Developmental Biology
• Cell Culture
• Microbiology
• Cancer Biology
• Virology

Career Options

Prepare for a wide variety of careers with applications in genetic engineering and biomedical research. 

Our students have transitioned to jobs, internships, and graduate schools in organizations across the biotechnology field, including:

• Millipore Inc
• Biogen, Inc
• Broad Institute
• Cornell University
• Foundation Medicine

Undergraduate Research in Biotechnology

Earn course credit for research with faculty in place of upper-level electives. To learn about research opportunities, contact biology faculty active in biotechnology research, including:

• Peter Gaines, Ph.D. (Immunology and Stem Cell Biology)
• Hwai-Chen Guo, Ph.D. (Structural Biology and Protein Biochemistry)
• Jeffrey Moore, Ph.D. (Molecular biology and Cardiac Physiology)
• Jennifer Fish, Ph.D. (Craniofacial Development and Evolution)
• Natalie Steinel, Ph.D. (Comparative Immunology)
• Teresa Lee, Ph.D. (Epigenetics and Aging)
• Thomas Shea, Ph.D. and Garth Hall, Ph.D. (Cellular Neurobiology and Neurodegenerative disease).