I have no comments regarding leveling as a biochemist. It looks really boring, and with a lot of pretending to be useful in TI parties. Leveling as a gen is where it gets interesting.
for gen gear: evil orleans, phen accessory, volcano armor [0], water orleans (between water, fire, and shadow, you're usually good to go - fire orleans is better than volcano armor, and then you won't need the phen for a while, but sadly, pasana cards are really expensive now). Then, depending on priorities and playstyle, either +7 3xAS RTE (this is ~120m, but you'll use it forever) and some racial shields for the common races in TI's, or an AS HF (also around 120m, but at +4 not +7). The axe does considerably more damage, but you're less durable, while you can wear a shield for 30% race reduc with the RTE. I prefer the RTE. Variant shoes, and... you want an immune garment of some sort, but that will probably bring the total past 200m