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Job Description
Research and study cellular molecules and organelles to understand cell function and organization.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 19-1029.02
Also Known As…
- Molecular Biology Professor
- Molecular Biology Director
- Structural Biologist
- Research Technician
- Molecular Biology Scientist
- Molecular Biologist
- Life Science Research Assistant
- Laboratory Technician
- DNA Sequencing Associate
- Cellular Biologist
- Cell Biology Scientist
- Cell Biologist
Tasks for “Molecular and Cellular Biologists”
- Perform laboratory procedures following protocols including deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequencing, cloning and extraction, ribonucleic acid (RNA) purification, or gel electrophoresis.
- Evaluate new technologies to enhance or complement current research.
- Develop guidelines for procedures such as the management of viruses.
- Instruct undergraduate and graduate students within the areas of cellular or molecular biology.
- Evaluate new supplies and equipment to ensure operability in specific laboratory settings.
- Design molecular or cellular laboratory experiments, oversee their execution, and interpret results.
- Conduct applied research aimed at improvements in areas such as disease testing, crop quality, pharmaceuticals, and the harnessing of microbes to recycle waste.
- Provide scientific direction for project teams regarding the evaluation or handling of devices, drugs, or cells for in vitro and in vivo disease models.
- Conduct research on cell organization and function, including mechanisms of gene expression, cellular bioinformatics, cell signaling, or cell differentiation.
- Develop assays that monitor cell characteristics.
- Prepare reports, manuscripts, and meeting presentations.
- Supervise technical personnel and postdoctoral research fellows.
- Design databases such as mutagenesis libraries.
- Verify all financial, physical, and human resources assigned to research or development projects are used as planned.
- Compile and analyze molecular or cellular experimental data and adjust experimental designs as necessary.
- Direct, coordinate, organize, or prioritize biological laboratory activities.
- Confer with vendors to evaluate new equipment or reagents or to discuss the customization of product lines to meet user requirements.
- Maintain accurate laboratory records and data.
- Coordinate molecular or cellular research activities with scientists specializing in other fields.
- Monitor or operate specialized equipment such as gas chromatographs and high pressure liquid chromatographs, electrophoresis units, thermocyclers, fluorescence activated cell sorters, and phosphorimagers.
- Participate in all levels of bioproduct development, including proposing new products, performing market analyses, designing and performing experiments, and collaborating with operations and quality control teams during product launches.
Related Technology & Tools
- Spectrophotometers
- Polymerase chain reaction PCR equipment
- High pressure liquid chromatograph HPLC equipment
- Yeast culture incubators
- Gel imaging apparatus
- Emergency eye wash stations
- Scanning laser confocal microscopes
- Magnetic stirring hot plates
- Glass beakers
- Heat blocks
- Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA synthesizers
- Ultraviolet-Visible UV/VIS spectrophotometers
- Laboratory chemical autoclaves
- Charge-coupled device CCD cameras
- Laboratory orbital shakers
- Automatic carbon dioxide CO2 incubators
- Manual single channel repeating pipetters
- Computerized axial tomography CAT scanners
- Flow cytometers
- Microbalances
- Microcentrifuges
- Laboratory freezers
- Variable volume pipettes
- Robotic fluidics stations
- Gel electrophoresis equipment
- Laboratory transfer pipettes
- Nucleic acid hybridization ovens
- pH analyzers
- Serological kits
- Vortex rotators
- Desktop computers
- Magnetic resonance imaging MRI systems
- Bacterial plate incubators
- Cloning kits
- Manual single channel positive displacement pipettes
- Dessicators
- Laboratory floor centrifuges
- Gradiant thermocyclers
- Thermocyclers
- Laptop computers
- Water purification systems
- Phosphorimagers
- Mass spectrometers
- Dissecting microscopes
- Personal computers
- Cloning cylinders
- Automated DNA sequencing equipment
- Laboratory vacuum pumps
- Electrophoresis cameras
- Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectroscopes
- Tabletop centrifuges
- Gas chromatography equipment
- Automated cell counters
- Cooled benchtop centrifuges
- Microplate readers
- Polymerase chain reaction PCR thermocyclers
- Safety gloves
- Laboratory binocular optical microscopes
- Inverted binocular microscopes
- Automated microscopes
- Fluorimeters
- Centrifuge tubes
- Laboratory water baths
- Chemical hoods
- Multichannel micropipettes
- Laminar flow hoods
- Fluorescence microscopes
- GraphPad Software GraphPad Prism
- Michigan State University MSU ProFlex
- Minitab
- Textco BioSoftware Gene Inspector
- NetPrimer
- Mathsoft Mathcad
- Magma
- FASTLINK
- PHYLIP
- Genotyping software
- ClustalW
- Wolfram Research Mathematica
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA libraries
- FASTA
- Data mining software
- Microsoft Office
- Agilent CGH Analytics
- RasMol
- Geospiza GeneSifter
- Laboratory information management system LIMS
- Gene Recognition and Assembly Internet Link GRAIL
- Microsoft Excel
- Basic Local Alignment Search Tool BLAST
- AcaClone pDRAW32
- Delila
- EnzymeX
- Microsoft Word
- Agilent Technologies GeneSpring GX
- CRI-MAP
- Molecular Devices Corporation MetaMorph
- Blast Output Browser BOB
- Web browser software
- Primer3
- Mendel