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