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