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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
- Research Assistant
- Professor of Physics/Researcher in Biophysics
- Laboratory Director
- Director of the Biophysics Facility
- Chief Scientific Officer
- Analytical Research Chemist
- Toxicologist
- Staff Toxicologist
- Research Affiliate
- Quality Control Associate (QC Associate)
- Physical Biochemist
- Pharmaceutical Scientist
- Nanotechnologist
- Genetic Engineer
- Clinical Researcher
- Clinical Laboratory Scientist
- Clinical Biochemist
- Biochemist
Tasks for “Biological Chemist”
- Prepare reports or recommendations, based upon research outcomes.
- Investigate the nature, composition, or expression of genes or research how genetic engineering can impact these processes.
- Research transformations of substances in cells, using atomic isotopes.
- Isolate, analyze, or synthesize vitamins, hormones, allergens, minerals, or enzymes and determine their effects on body functions.
- Study physical principles of living cells or organisms and their electrical or mechanical energy, applying methods and knowledge of mathematics, physics, chemistry, or biology.
- Develop new methods to study the mechanisms of biological processes.
- Produce pharmaceutically or industrially useful proteins, using recombinant DNA technology.
- Develop methods to process, store, or use foods, drugs, or chemical compounds.
- Examine the molecular or chemical aspects of immune system functioning.
- Research how characteristics of plants or animals are carried through successive generations.
- 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.
- Develop or test new drugs or medications intended for commercial distribution.
- Teach or advise undergraduate or graduate students or supervise their research.
- Share research findings by writing scientific articles or by making presentations at scientific conferences.
- Prepare pharmaceutical compounds for commercial distribution.
- Design or build laboratory equipment needed for special research projects.
- Manage laboratory teams or monitor the quality of a team's work.
- Study the mutations in organisms that lead to cancer or other diseases.
- Design or perform experiments with equipment such as lasers, accelerators, or mass spectrometers.
- Study spatial configurations of submicroscopic molecules, such as proteins, using x-rays or electron microscopes.
- Determine the three-dimensional structure of biological macromolecules.
- Study the chemistry of living processes, such as cell development, breathing and digestion, or living energy changes, such as growth, aging, or death.
Related Technology & Tools
- Video enhanced differential interference contrast microscopes
- Spectrophotometers
- Incubators
- Microdosimeters
- Sapphire lasers
- Biofreezers
- Analytical ultracentrifuges
- Heat blocks
- Autoclaves
- Solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance NMR equipment
- Cryogenic freezers
- Fermenters
- Inverted microscopes
- Raman difference spectrometers
- Tabletop centrifuges
- Continuous flow centrifuges
- Cryomicroscopes
- Lasers
- Microcalorimeters
- Dichroic beamsplitters
- Flexi-dry lyophilizers
- Mass spectrometers
- Light scattering devices
- Analytical balances
- Flame ionization detectors FID
- Ultraviolet UV spectroscopes
- Argon lasers
- Phosphorimager video cameras
- Ultramicrotomes
- Heating mantles
- Pasteur pipettes
- Graduated cylinders
- Biological safety hoods
- Ultrasonic cleaners
- Vacuum freezers
- High-pressure liquid chromatographs
- Laboratory convection ovens
- Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectroscopes
- Specific gravity balances
- Protein sequencers
- Brewster angle microscopes
- Electron spin resonance spectroscopes
- Automated electrophoresis equipment
- Microcentrifuges
- Isothermal titration calorimeters ITC
- Sartorius balances
- Hot plates
- Mossbauer spectroscopes
- Amino acid analyzers
- Dual wavelength spectroscopes
- Sonicators
- Balances
- Pipettes
- Magnetic piconewton-force transducers
- pH meters
- Auto gamma counters
- Cryotransmission electron microscopes
- Refrigerated centrifuges
- Gamma ray irradiators
- Krypton lasers
- Water baths
- Scanning laser microscopes
- Transillumination microscopes
- Signal generators
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- Optical tweezers
- Ultracentrifuges
- Chemical fume hoods
- Capillary electrophoresis equipment
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- Laser printers
- Laboratory vacuum pumps
- Freeze dryers
- Phosphorimagers
- Growth chambers
- Test tubes
- Video positioning equipment
- Flow cytometers
- Large upright microscopes
- Carbon dioxide CO2 incubators
- Langmuir balances
- Heat incubators
- Magnetic tweezers
- X ray microscopes
- Synchrotrons
- Electron microscopes
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- Cell sorters
- Mettler balances
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- Glassware condensers
- Gas chromatographs GC
- Electron paramagnetic resonance EPR spectrometers
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- Spectropolarimeters
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- Charge-coupled device CCD cameras
- Transmission electron microscopes TEM
- Computerized axial tomography CAT scan equipment
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- Beakers
- Atomic force microscopes
- Power amplifiers
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- Basic vapor pressure osmometers
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- Cytospin centrifuges
- Rheometers
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- Chemistry analyzers
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- Thermal imagers
- Spectrofluorimeters
- Positron emission tomography PET scanners
- Differential scanning calorimeters
- Ionometers
- Automatic pipetters
- Liquid nuclear magnetic resonance NMR equipment
- Hemoglobin analyzers
- Microsusceptometers
- Cryostat tissue microtomes
- X ray crystallography equipment
- Confocal microscopes
- Shaking incubators
- Erlenmeyer flasks
- High-pressure high-temperature reactors
- Ultraviolet UV transilluminators
- Circular dichroism spectroscopes
- Binocular light compound microscopes
- Plotters
- Solid state diode lasers
- Laser Doppler zeta potential analyzers
- Notebook computers
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- Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectroscopes
- Glassware adaptors
- Liquid handling robots
- Laser induced temperature jump nanosecond relaxation spectrometer systems
- Automatic x ray film developers
- Microphysiometers
- Multichannel detectors
- Near-field light microscopes
- Expression DNA and protein sequence software
- Macroscopic diffusion software
- Wavefunction Spartan
- Accelrys FELIX
- Practical extraction and reporting language Perl
- SPSS
- Chang Bioscience ToolKit
- Golden Helix HelixTree
- Yet another scientific artificial reality application YASARA software
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- Presentation software
- Microsoft Word
- ChemInnovation Software Chem 4-D
- Video analysis software
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- Voltage-gated ion channels software
- Statistical software
- JustBio SeqPainter
- Accelrys Cerius2
- GEPASI
- Microsoft Visio
- PREMIER Biosoft Array Designer
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- Linux
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- Microsoft PowerPoint
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- Fujitsu BioMedCache
- Docking and ligand binding software
- Minitab
- Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop
- Gaussian software
- Assisted model building with energy refinement AMBER
- Molecular Devices Corporation MetaMorph
- Word processing software
- Python
- Email software
- ItemTracker
- Crystallographic software
- Crystallography & NMR System (CNS)
- GE Healthcare ImageQuant TL
- Hodgkin-Huxley Model software
- AutoQuant AutoDeblur
- Laboratory information management system LIMS
- Molecular Devices Corporation MetaFluor
- 3D graphics software
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- Golden Helix ChemTree
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- SAS
- Structure prediction software
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