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