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Job Description
Study the chemical composition or physical principles of living cells and organisms, their electrical and mechanical energy, and related phenomena. May conduct research to further understanding of the complex chemical combinations and reactions involved in metabolism, reproduction, growth, and heredity. May determine the effects of foods, drugs, serums, hormones, and other substances on tissues and vital processes of living organisms.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 19-1021.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 94,340.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 45.00
- Currently, there are 29,200 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Biochemists and Biophysicists”.
Also Known As…
- Biochemists and Biophysicists
- Scientist
- Research Scientist
- Research Associate
- Research Assistant
- Professor of Physics/Researcher in Biophysics
- Laboratory Director
- Director of the Biophysics Facility
- Analytical Research Chemist
- Toxicologist
- Staff Toxicologist
- Research Affiliate
- Quality Control Associate (QC Associate)
- Physical Biochemist
- Pharmaceutical Scientist
- Nanotechnologist
- Genetic Engineer
- Clinical Researcher
- Clinical Laboratory Scientist
- Clinical Biochemist
- Chief Scientific Officer
- Biological Chemist
- Biochemist
Tasks for “Chief Scientific Officer”
- Investigate the nature, composition, or expression of genes or research how genetic engineering can impact these processes.
- Develop or test new drugs or medications intended for commercial distribution.
- Manage laboratory teams or monitor the quality of a team's work.
- Develop new methods to study the mechanisms of biological processes.
- Determine the three-dimensional structure of biological macromolecules.
- Research how characteristics of plants or animals are carried through successive generations.
- Produce pharmaceutically or industrially useful proteins, using recombinant DNA technology.
- Develop or execute tests to detect diseases, genetic disorders, or other abnormalities.
- Study the mutations in organisms that lead to cancer or other diseases.
- Study spatial configurations of submicroscopic molecules, such as proteins, using x-rays or electron microscopes.
- Study the chemistry of living processes, such as cell development, breathing and digestion, or living energy changes, such as growth, aging, or death.
- Prepare reports or recommendations, based upon research outcomes.
- Examine the molecular or chemical aspects of immune system functioning.
- Prepare pharmaceutical compounds for commercial distribution.
- Research transformations of substances in cells, using atomic isotopes.
- Share research findings by writing scientific articles or by making presentations at scientific conferences.
- Develop methods to process, store, or use foods, drugs, or chemical compounds.
- Study physical principles of living cells or organisms and their electrical or mechanical energy, applying methods and knowledge of mathematics, physics, chemistry, or biology.
- Design or perform experiments with equipment such as lasers, accelerators, or mass spectrometers.
- Teach or advise undergraduate or graduate students or supervise their research.
- Isolate, analyze, or synthesize vitamins, hormones, allergens, minerals, or enzymes and determine their effects on body functions.
- Research the chemical effects of substances, such as drugs, serums, hormones, or food, on tissues or vital processes.
- Design or build laboratory equipment needed for special research projects.
Related Technology & Tools
- Near-field light microscopes
- Rheometers
- Refrigerated centrifuges
- Protein sequencers
- Video enhanced differential interference contrast microscopes
- Dual wavelength spectroscopes
- Phosphorimager video cameras
- Peptide synthesizers
- Sartorius balances
- Nanoscopes
- Darkroom equipment
- Stopped-flow spectrophotometers
- Sample concentrators
- Positron emission tomography PET scanners
- Biological safety hoods
- Flow cytometers
- Computerized axial tomography CAT scan equipment
- Cytospin centrifuges
- Optical tweezers
- Magnetic piconewton-force transducers
- Electron paramagnetic resonance EPR spectrometers
- Capillary electrophoresis equipment
- Laser tweezers
- Ultraviolet UV transilluminators
- Medical magnetic resonance imaging MRI equipment
- Plotters
- Synchrotrons
- Microdosimeters
- Ultracentrifuges
- Electron spin resonance spectroscopes
- Beakers
- Cell sorters
- Mossbauer spectroscopes
- Solid state diode lasers
- Electron microscopes
- Multi-angle elastic-light scattering systems
- Cryocut microtomes
- Dichroic beamsplitters
- Auto gamma counters
- Vibratome tissue sectioning systems
- Automated electrophoresis equipment
- pH meters
- Lasers
- Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectroscopes
- Light scattering devices
- Scanners
- Laminar flow hoods
- Laser Doppler zeta potential analyzers
- Automatic x ray film developers
- Chemical fume hoods
- Hot plates
- Balances
- Cryomicroscopes
- Thermal imagers
- Mainframe computers
- Brewster angle microscopes
- Sapphire lasers
- Hemoglobin analyzers
- Spectrofluorimeters
- Neodymium-doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet Nd:YAG lasers
- Medical magnetic resonance imaging MRI microscopes
- Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectroscopes
- Solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance NMR equipment
- Filtering funnels
- Inverted microscopes
- Microcalorimeters
- Large upright microscopes
- Pasteur pipettes
- Multichannel detectors
- Charge-coupled device CCD cameras
- Incubators
- Cryotransmission electron microscopes
- Notebook computers
- Biofreezers
- Fluorescence spectroscopes
- Isothermal titration calorimeters ITC
- Transillumination microscopes
- Water baths
- Liquid nuclear magnetic resonance NMR equipment
- Electrophoresis power supplies
- Magnetic tweezers
- Microinjectors
- Laboratory convection ovens
- Flame ionization detectors FID
- Basic vapor pressure osmometers
- Video positioning equipment
- Glassware adaptors
- Heating mantles
- Raman difference spectrometers
- Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA sequencers
- Freeze dryers
- Fermenters
- X ray microscopes
- Spectrophotometers
- Funnels
- Ultramicrotomes
- Chemistry analyzers
- Specific gravity balances
- Gamma ray irradiators
- Carbon dioxide CO2 incubators
- Microscope slides
- Graduated cylinders
- Gas chromatographs GC
- Water purification units
- Homogenizers
- Mass spectrometers
- Orbital shakers
- Argon lasers
- Ionometers
- Mettler balances
- Transmission electron microscopes TEM
- Personal computers
- Glassware condensers
- Analytical ultracentrifuges
- Microplate readers
- Krypton lasers
- Liquid handling robots
- Confocal microscopes
- Rotating anode X ray generators
- Test tubes
- Scanning laser microscopes
- Automatic pipetters
- High-pressure high-temperature reactors
- Ultrasonic cleaners
- Microcentrifuges
- Tabletop centrifuges
- Autoclaves
- Shaking incubators
- Flexi-dry lyophilizers
- Sonicators
- Gel boxes
- Laser printers
- Cryostat tissue microtomes
- Continuous flow centrifuges
- Megafuge centrifuges
- Laboratory vacuum pumps
- Microsusceptometers
- Heat blocks
- Shaking waterbaths
- Laser induced temperature jump nanosecond relaxation spectrometer systems
- Analytical balances
- Differential scanning calorimeters
- Signal generators
- Circulating water cooling systems
- Power amplifiers
- Linear accelerators
- Scanning electron microscopes SEM
- Langmuir balances
- Erlenmeyer flasks
- Ultraviolet UV spectroscopes
- Desktop computers
- Binocular light compound microscopes
- Atomic force microscopes
- Microphysiometers
- Vacuum freezers
- Laser particle sizers
- Electroencephalography EEG equipment
- Amino acid analyzers
- Top-loading electronic balances
- Viscometers
- Phosphorimagers
- High-pressure liquid chromatographs
- X ray crystallography equipment
- Heat incubators
- Cryogenic freezers
- Growth chambers
- Pipettes
- Spectropolarimeters
- Circular dichroism spectroscopes
- Scintillation counters
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- Microsoft Word
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- Linux
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