Popular Life Science Research Areas
Universities undertake a huge variety of life science research. Often in partnership with commercial companies, or striving to commercialise the results themselves.
But what are the most popular categories of research? At Marketwise, we categorize every contact against over 100 possible research areas. This is primarily so our customers can better target an email campaign, however some interesting findings also result.
Top 5 Diseases researched
The top diseases researched by universities are:
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- Cardiovascular
- Respiratory diseases
- Cancer (it should be noted that we sub-divide into nine further categories, such as breast, lung, bowel and so on)
- Alzheimers & Dementia
- Arthritis
Top Techniques used by life scientists
Of the many different tools / techniques used by scientists, the clear favourites are:
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- Chromatography
- Gene Expression
- Flow Cytometry
- Mass Spectrometry
- ELISA
Regional variations in University research
Rather than the original global search, below we ran three regional based queries, Europe, North America and Asia (including AUS and NZ). Some differences are apparent, perhaps reflecting the regional focus and also of course, our available data. Click the images below for a larger view.
European Universities
North American Universities
Asian Universities
Marketwise Analysis
We hope you enjoyed our review of University based research topics in our database. We carefully categorize our data into Markets, Disciplines and Research Areas (shown above). This categorization is key to building the ideal marketing persona for your email campaign.
We look forward to helping you find new customers and leads for your product, service or event.