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In biochemistry, you may work within universities, hospitals, biotechnology companies, and medical, veterinary, and agricultural institutes. You can join the Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. The society offers biochemists of Australia a united voice, publishes a magazine and fosters professional development in biochemistry.
If you are interested in a career in biochemistry, the job prospects are overall quite good.
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As a biochemist, the chances are high that your working environment will be a laboratory. These are clean and well lit. You will use equipment, which may be complex, expensive and computer-controlled, and the studies you undertake may require sitting or standing at a workstation for long periods of time. You may occasionally work with hazardous matter which can cause infectious diseases, but regardless of whether there is a potential danger, you are required to wear some form of protective clothing at all times.
It is common for biochemists to work full-time, Monday to Friday. You may occasionally have to work evenings and weekends. If you work in the academic or research area, you may find yourself working longer hours, and if you work within a hospital or private pathology laboratory, you may be on-call.
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