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