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