Master of Biotechnology

VISUAL: Master of Biotechnology. RMIT Master of Biotechnology students tell us how their postgraduate studies are helping to define their career paths. RMIT University logo.

VISUAL: Troi Pediongco, Master of Biotechnology, RMIT University speaking to the camera.

Troi Pediongco: What drew me to the Biotechnology program was the ...

VISUAL: Troi Pediongco working in a lab wearing safety glasses and lab coat.

Troi Pediongco: ... opportunity to do ...

VISUAL: Somebody’s gloved hands, probably Trio Pediongco inserting a syringe into a bottle of fluid. There is a pile of petri dishes on the workbench.

Troi Pediongco: ... research and ...

VISUAL: Three petri dishes on a stainless steel workbench. From left to right, the petri dishes contain purple, orange and yellow fluid. The camera pans in on the orange petri dish.

Troi Pediongco: ... learn and experience ...

VISUAL: Somebody’s gloved hand is holding a purple?filled petri dish and is stirring it with a thin metal wire.

Troi Pediongco: ... what's done in the work force.

VISUAL: Mitchell Bartolo, Master of Biotechnology, RMIT University speaking to the camera.

Mitchell Bartolo: Throughout the entire course it really puts in place ...

VISUAL: Mitchell Bartolo looking at something off?screen, possibly a computer screen.

Mitchell Bartolo: ... how the things that you ...

VISUAL: Mitchell Bartolo typing on his laptop and close up of what’s on the screen.

Mitchell Bartolo: ... learn in undergrad come together and how they work in the real world.

VISUAL: Dhara Ramesh Trivedi, Master of Biotechnology, RMIT University speaking to the camera.

Dhara Ramesh Trivedi: Biotechnology, for me, means innovation. It's all about manipulating ...

VISUAL: Close up of somebody wearing gloves and a lab coat and filling test tubes. There are eight test tubes in the rack on the bench in front of the person.

Dhara Ramesh Trivedi: ... live systems for human health and environment modifications.

VISUAL: Sara Abdelghany, Master of Biotechnology, RMIT University speaking to the camera.

Sara Abdelghany: There's a lot of various areas in which you can ...

VISUAL: Video of close-up of Sara Abdelghany, side?on to the camera, working in the lab wearing safety glasses, gloves and a lab coat.

Sara Abdelghany: ... enrol into so it's not only ...

VISUAL: Video close-up of Sara Abdelghany’s hands as she uses a syringe, camera pans back to show all of Sara working.

Sara Abdelghany: ... a specific area of knowledge.

VISUAL: Troi Pediongco speaking to the camera.

Troi Pediongco: I've definitely gained a better understanding of practical environment ...

VISUAL: Close up of a plastic syringe in a bottle.

Troi Pediongco: ... and what's done out in the field and it helped me ...

VISUAL: Close up of Troi Pediongco’s hands as she works with the syringe in the bottle.

Troi Pediongco: ... decide whether I want to ...

VISUAL: Close up of Troi Pediongco’s face, side?on, as she works in the lab.

Troi Pediongco: ... take a research path ...

VISUAL: Somebody’s gloved hands touching a glass slide plate that goes on a microscope.

Troi Pediongco: ... or a more job?approachable path.

VISUAL: Dhara Ramesh Trivedi speaking to the camera.

Dhara Ramesh Trivedi: Throughout my Masters, I have worked on a lot of projects ...

VISUAL: Dhara Ramesh Trivedi working in the lab, side?on to the camera. She is filling a test tube with fluid from a syringe.

Dhara Ramesh Trivedi: ... which were related to gastroenterology ...

VISUAL: Same image as previous but camera is on a different angle, over her right shoulder.

Dhara Ramesh Trivedi: ... bacteriology, virology.

VISUAL: Same image as previous but camera is now on Dhara’s left and close?up on her hands, then up to her face.

Dhara Ramesh Trivedi: I've done immunology, I have done gene technology.

VISUAL: Mitchell Bartolo speaking to the camera.

Mitchell Bartolo: I was largely interested in bioinformatics ...

VISUAL: Mitchell Bartolo and possibly Sara Abdelghany standing in the lab looking and smiling at something off?screen, probably the computer screen.

Mitchell Bartolo: ... so instead of doing things in a lab, we more ...

VISUAL: Close up of the computer screen showing an image of colourful strands entangled together.

Mitchell Bartolo: ... simulate how things happen in biology on a computer.

VISUAL: Sara Abdelghany speaking to the camera.

Sara Abdelghany: During the last ... oh, summer vacation ...

VISUAL: Sara Abdelghany placing a glass slide onto a microscope plate and looking through the lenses. The camera pans in close as she looks through the lenses.

Sara Abdelghany: ... I've got an internship with CSIRO, in which I got to do some cell culture.

VISUAL: Troi Pediongco speaking to the camera.

Troi Pediongco: Currently, I'm working on a research project that ...

VISUAL: Close up of Troi Pediongco working in the lab.

Troi Pediongco: ... focuses on ...

VISUAL: Close up of somebody wearing gloves and scraping the orange coloured liquid in a petri dish with the wire stirrer.

Troi Pediongco: ... bioremediation of ...

VISUAL: Troi Pediongco working in the lab with her back to the camera.

Troi Pediongco: ... contaminated waste areas.

VISUAL: Mitchell Bartolo sitting at a desk typing on his laptop. The image of the colourful strands from before is on the screen. The camera pans in for a close?up on Mitchell’s face as he’s looking at the computer screen.

Mitchell Bartolo: I've learnt a ton about, actually, using computers and using the command line and how that actually works which I ...

VISUAL: Mitchell Bartolo speaking to the camera.

Mitchell Bartolo: ... didn't expect that I'd get out of this.

VISUAL: Dhara Ramesh Trivedi speaking to the camera.

Dhara Ramesh Trivedi: There were team presentations, there were team ...

VISUAL: Dhara Ramesh Trivedi working at a bench in the lab filling test tubes with a liquid from a syringe. The test tubes are placed back in a rack which is on the bench.

Dhara Ramesh Trivedi: ... projects, so I have learned those work?related ...

VISUAL: Camera pans over three petri dishes filled with purple, orange and yellow fluid.

Dhara Ramesh Trivedi: ... transferrable skills.

VISUAL: Troi Pediongco speaking to the camera.

Troi Pediongco: Be quite open-minded; there's a lot of opportunities ...

VISUAL: Troi Pediongco and Sara Abdelghany standing beside each other at the workbench in the lab.

Troi Pediongco: ... out there in different fields ...

VISUAL: Close up of someone’s gloved hands picking up petri dishes.

Troi Pediongco: ... and you might surprise yourself ...

VISUAL: Close up of Troi Pediongco and Sara Abdelghany faces, side?on as they work in the lab.

Troi Pediongco: ... in what fields ...

VISUAL: Troi Pediongco speaking to the camera, smiling at the end.

Troi Pediongco: ... take your interest and what you excel at.

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