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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”
- Study the mutations in organisms that lead to cancer or other diseases.
- Design or perform experiments with equipment such as lasers, accelerators, or mass spectrometers.
- Research the chemical effects of substances, such as drugs, serums, hormones, or food, on tissues or vital processes.
- Study spatial configurations of submicroscopic molecules, such as proteins, using x-rays or electron microscopes.
- Develop new methods to study the mechanisms of biological processes.
- Research how characteristics of plants or animals are carried through successive generations.
- Develop methods to process, store, or use foods, drugs, or chemical compounds.
- Share research findings by writing scientific articles or by making presentations at scientific conferences.
- Determine the three-dimensional structure of biological macromolecules.
- Examine the molecular or chemical aspects of immune system functioning.
- Design or build laboratory equipment needed for special research projects.
- Manage laboratory teams or monitor the quality of a team's work.
- Prepare reports or recommendations, based upon research outcomes.
- Study the chemistry of living processes, such as cell development, breathing and digestion, or living energy changes, such as growth, aging, or death.
- Develop or test new drugs or medications intended for commercial distribution.
- Produce pharmaceutically or industrially useful proteins, using recombinant DNA technology.
- Investigate the nature, composition, or expression of genes or research how genetic engineering can impact these processes.
- Teach or advise undergraduate or graduate students or supervise their research.
- Develop or execute tests to detect diseases, genetic disorders, or other abnormalities.
- Prepare pharmaceutical compounds for commercial distribution.
- Research transformations of substances in cells, using atomic isotopes.
- Study physical principles of living cells or organisms and their electrical or mechanical energy, applying methods and knowledge of mathematics, physics, chemistry, or biology.
- Isolate, analyze, or synthesize vitamins, hormones, allergens, minerals, or enzymes and determine their effects on body functions.
Related Technology & Tools
- Inverted microscopes
- Microinjectors
- Microscope slides
- Laser particle sizers
- Balances
- Heating mantles
- Flow cytometers
- Personal computers
- Confocal microscopes
- Liquid nuclear magnetic resonance NMR equipment
- Cryostat tissue microtomes
- Transillumination microscopes
- Electron spin resonance spectroscopes
- Megafuge centrifuges
- Automatic pipetters
- Shaking incubators
- Solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance NMR equipment
- Analytical balances
- Positron emission tomography PET scanners
- Mass spectrometers
- Graduated cylinders
- Rotating anode X ray generators
- X ray microscopes
- Scanners
- Erlenmeyer flasks
- Magnetic tweezers
- Nanoscopes
- Pasteur pipettes
- Binocular light compound microscopes
- Transmission electron microscopes TEM
- Vibratome tissue sectioning systems
- Top-loading electronic balances
- Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectroscopes
- Ultramicrotomes
- Desktop computers
- Cryomicroscopes
- Darkroom equipment
- Atomic force microscopes
- Cytospin centrifuges
- Glassware adaptors
- Basic vapor pressure osmometers
- Differential scanning calorimeters
- Laboratory convection ovens
- Fluorescence spectroscopes
- Specific gravity balances
- Laboratory vacuum pumps
- Gel boxes
- Rheometers
- Optical tweezers
- Cryocut microtomes
- Carbon dioxide CO2 incubators
- Scintillation counters
- Biofreezers
- Sartorius balances
- Mettler balances
- Vacuum freezers
- Shaking waterbaths
- Beakers
- Peptide synthesizers
- Spectrofluorimeters
- Isothermal titration calorimeters ITC
- Light scattering devices
- Circulating water cooling systems
- High-pressure liquid chromatographs
- Medical magnetic resonance imaging MRI microscopes
- Cryogenic freezers
- Microphysiometers
- Hot plates
- Filtering funnels
- Electron paramagnetic resonance EPR spectrometers
- Scanning electron microscopes SEM
- Spectrophotometers
- Spectropolarimeters
- Near-field light microscopes
- Test tubes
- Ultraviolet UV transilluminators
- Analytical ultracentrifuges
- Tabletop centrifuges
- Charge-coupled device CCD cameras
- Video positioning equipment
- Continuous flow centrifuges
- Thermal imagers
- Raman difference spectrometers
- Dichroic beamsplitters
- Signal generators
- Pipettes
- High-pressure high-temperature reactors
- Electroencephalography EEG equipment
- Mossbauer spectroscopes
- Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA sequencers
- Medical magnetic resonance imaging MRI equipment
- Electrophoresis power supplies
- Ultrasonic cleaners
- Chemistry analyzers
- Heat incubators
- Microcentrifuges
- Dual wavelength spectroscopes
- Sonicators
- Krypton lasers
- Mainframe computers
- Freeze dryers
- Phosphorimagers
- X ray crystallography equipment
- Growth chambers
- Liquid handling robots
- Homogenizers
- Laser printers
- Brewster angle microscopes
- Video enhanced differential interference contrast microscopes
- Heat blocks
- Synchrotrons
- Ultraviolet UV spectroscopes
- Microcalorimeters
- Laser induced temperature jump nanosecond relaxation spectrometer systems
- Cell sorters
- Notebook computers
- Lasers
- Chemical fume hoods
- Multichannel detectors
- Scanning laser microscopes
- Langmuir balances
- Power amplifiers
- Automatic x ray film developers
- Funnels
- Flame ionization detectors FID
- Hemoglobin analyzers
- Laser Doppler zeta potential analyzers
- pH meters
- Protein sequencers
- Large upright microscopes
- Solid state diode lasers
- Laminar flow hoods
- Sample concentrators
- Multi-angle elastic-light scattering systems
- Linear accelerators
- Automated electrophoresis equipment
- Neodymium-doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet Nd:YAG lasers
- Plotters
- Capillary electrophoresis equipment
- Laser tweezers
- Biological safety hoods
- Autoclaves
- Viscometers
- Amino acid analyzers
- Incubators
- Computerized axial tomography CAT scan equipment
- Fermenters
- Stopped-flow spectrophotometers
- Magnetic piconewton-force transducers
- Circular dichroism spectroscopes
- Glassware condensers
- Electron microscopes
- Ultracentrifuges
- Argon lasers
- Cryotransmission electron microscopes
- Gas chromatographs GC
- Water purification units
- Water baths
- Sapphire lasers
- Phosphorimager video cameras
- Auto gamma counters
- Gamma ray irradiators
- Microplate readers
- Microdosimeters
- Orbital shakers
- Refrigerated centrifuges
- Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectroscopes
- Ionometers
- Flexi-dry lyophilizers
- Microsusceptometers
- Molecular Devices Corporation MetaMorph
- Golden Helix ChemTree
- Email software
- Accelrys Insight II
- GE Healthcare ImageQuant TL
- Macroscopic diffusion software
- Microsoft Excel
- Gaussian software
- Chang Bioscience ToolKit
- Voltage-gated ion channels software
- Dassasult Systemes Abaqus
- Basic Local Alignment Search Tool BLAST
- ESRI What if?
- Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop
- Wavefunction Spartan
- Crystallography & NMR System (CNS)
- Assisted model building with energy refinement AMBER
- Multivariate statistical program MVSP software
- Elsevier MDL ISIS/Draw
- SAS
- Docking and ligand binding software
- Word processing software
- PREMIER Biosoft Array Designer
- Analysis and building software
- Internet browser software
- Accelrys FELIX
- Crystallographic software
- Expression DNA and protein sequence software
- Accelrys QAUNTA
- Carrier-mediated transport software
- Laboratory information management system LIMS
- Structure prediction software
- Statistical software
- Linux
- Semichem AMPAC
- Microsoft Office
- Golden Helix HelixTree
- Practical extraction and reporting language Perl
- Molecular Simulations WebLab ViewerPro
- ItemTracker
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Molecular Devices Corporation MetaFluor
- Python
- SPSS
- Extensible markup language XML
- Microsoft Visio
- Intelligent Imaging Innovations SlideBook
- Tripos SYBYL
- Fujitsu BioMedCache
- Presentation software
- Video analysis software
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- Sequence database software
- Minitab
- Graphics software
- Fujitsu MOPAC
- Microsoft Word
- Wavefunction Titan
- AutoQuant AutoDeblur
- ChemInnovation Software Chem 4-D
- Molecular simulation software
- JustBio SeqPainter
- Yet another scientific artificial reality application YASARA software
- Molecular Networks GmbH Biochemical Pathways
- GEPASI
- Chemistry at Harvard Molecular Mechanics CHARMm
- SAP
- Accelrys Cerius2
- Shrodinger Jaguar
- Genetics computer group GSG software
- 3D graphics software
- Hodgkin-Huxley Model software