Cell Biology

Cell biology is an academic discipline that studies cells. This includes their physiological properties, their structure, the organelles they contain, interactions with their environment, their life cycle, division and death. This is done both on a microscopic and molecular level. Cell biology research extends to both the great diversity of single-celled organisms like bacteria and the many specialized cells in multicellular organisms like humans.

Knowing the composition of cells and how cells work is fundamental to all of the biological sciences. Appreciating the similarities and differences between cell types is particularly important to the fields of cell and molecular biology. These fundamental similarities and differences provide a unifying theme, allowing the principles learned from studying one cell type to be extrapolated and generalized to other cell types. Research in cell biology is closely related to genetics, biochemistry, molecular biology and developmental biology.

Careers

Biological Scientists
Wage: $102,840
10 Year Growth Rate: 3.7%
Education Requirements:
Doctoral degree
Biochemists and Biophysicists
Wage: $102,270
10 Year Growth Rate: 5.0%
Education Requirements:
Doctoral or professional degree
Microbiologists
Wage: $79,260
10 Year Growth Rate: 5.0%
Education Requirements:
Bachelor's degree