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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
- Biological Chemist
- Biochemist
Tasks for “Chief Scientific Officer”
- Research the chemical effects of substances, such as drugs, serums, hormones, or food, on tissues or vital processes.
- Design or build laboratory equipment needed for special research projects.
- Design or perform experiments with equipment such as lasers, accelerators, or mass spectrometers.
- Isolate, analyze, or synthesize vitamins, hormones, allergens, minerals, or enzymes and determine their effects on body functions.
- 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.
- Develop or execute tests to detect diseases, genetic disorders, or other abnormalities.
- Develop new methods to study the mechanisms of biological processes.
- Study physical principles of living cells or organisms and their electrical or mechanical energy, applying methods and knowledge of mathematics, physics, chemistry, or biology.
- Produce pharmaceutically or industrially useful proteins, using recombinant DNA technology.
- Manage laboratory teams or monitor the quality of a team's work.
- Study the chemistry of living processes, such as cell development, breathing and digestion, or living energy changes, such as growth, aging, or death.
- Develop methods to process, store, or use foods, drugs, or chemical compounds.
- Study the mutations in organisms that lead to cancer or other diseases.
- Determine the three-dimensional structure of biological macromolecules.
- 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.
- Prepare reports or recommendations, based upon research outcomes.
- Examine the molecular or chemical aspects of immune system functioning.
- Develop or test new drugs or medications intended for commercial distribution.
- Share research findings by writing scientific articles or by making presentations at scientific conferences.
- Prepare pharmaceutical compounds for commercial distribution.
- Teach or advise undergraduate or graduate students or supervise their research.
Related Technology & Tools
- Dual wavelength spectroscopes
- Laser induced temperature jump nanosecond relaxation spectrometer systems
- Solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance NMR equipment
- Langmuir balances
- Electron microscopes
- Amino acid analyzers
- Shaking incubators
- Top-loading electronic balances
- Linear accelerators
- Magnetic piconewton-force transducers
- Water purification units
- Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectroscopes
- Scanning laser microscopes
- Tabletop centrifuges
- Graduated cylinders
- Gamma ray irradiators
- Viscometers
- Pasteur pipettes
- Personal computers
- Ionometers
- Isothermal titration calorimeters ITC
- Synchrotrons
- Microinjectors
- Mass spectrometers
- X ray crystallography equipment
- Specific gravity balances
- Plotters
- Cryomicroscopes
- Refrigerated centrifuges
- Positron emission tomography PET scanners
- Automatic pipetters
- Medical magnetic resonance imaging MRI microscopes
- Neodymium-doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet Nd:YAG lasers
- Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA sequencers
- Nanoscopes
- Ultracentrifuges
- Sonicators
- Balances
- Gel boxes
- Stopped-flow spectrophotometers
- Brewster angle microscopes
- Scanning electron microscopes SEM
- Biological safety hoods
- Protein sequencers
- Transillumination microscopes
- Rotating anode X ray generators
- Sartorius balances
- Cytospin centrifuges
- Cell sorters
- Magnetic tweezers
- Fluorescence spectroscopes
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- Pipettes
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- Rheometers
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- Scanners
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- Carbon dioxide CO2 incubators
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- Analytical balances
- High-pressure high-temperature reactors
- Autoclaves
- Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectroscopes
- Cryocut microtomes
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- Beakers
- Transmission electron microscopes TEM
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- Confocal microscopes
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- Laser tweezers
- Ultraviolet UV spectroscopes
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- Liquid nuclear magnetic resonance NMR equipment
- Computerized axial tomography CAT scan equipment
- Microphysiometers
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- Capillary electrophoresis equipment
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- Inverted microscopes
- Phosphorimagers
- Heating mantles
- Microscope slides
- Biofreezers
- Raman difference spectrometers
- Hot plates
- pH meters
- Medical magnetic resonance imaging MRI equipment
- High-pressure liquid chromatographs
- Laboratory vacuum pumps
- Cryotransmission electron microscopes
- Laboratory convection ovens
- Differential scanning calorimeters
- Circular dichroism spectroscopes
- Auto gamma counters
- Basic vapor pressure osmometers
- Argon lasers
- Ultraviolet UV transilluminators
- Cryostat tissue microtomes
- Spectropolarimeters
- Circulating water cooling systems
- Mainframe computers
- Megafuge centrifuges
- Mettler balances
- Heat incubators
- Laser printers
- Spectrophotometers
- Fermenters
- Thermal imagers
- X ray microscopes
- Electron paramagnetic resonance EPR spectrometers
- Binocular light compound microscopes
- Liquid handling robots
- Analytical ultracentrifuges
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- Lasers
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- Chemical fume hoods
- Incubators
- Microdosimeters
- Electrophoresis power supplies
- Automated electrophoresis equipment
- Chemistry analyzers
- Power amplifiers
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- Molecular Devices Corporation MetaMorph
- Tripos SYBYL
- SAS
- Voltage-gated ion channels software
- Microsoft Office
- Minitab
- 3D graphics software
- GE Healthcare ImageQuant TL
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Presentation software
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- Docking and ligand binding software
- Chemistry at Harvard Molecular Mechanics CHARMm
- Hodgkin-Huxley Model software
- Golden Helix HelixTree
- Multivariate statistical program MVSP software
- Fujitsu BioMedCache
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- Extensible markup language XML
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- Word processing software
- Basic Local Alignment Search Tool BLAST
- SAP
- Crystallography & NMR System (CNS)
- Microsoft Excel
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- Macroscopic diffusion software
- Laboratory information management system LIMS
- Golden Helix ChemTree
- Python
- Microsoft Visio
- Expression DNA and protein sequence software
- Crystallographic software
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- Carrier-mediated transport software
- Linux
- Molecular Networks GmbH Biochemical Pathways
- Genetics computer group GSG software
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- Accelrys Insight II
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- Email software
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- Chang Bioscience ToolKit
- Shrodinger Jaguar
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- Video analysis software
- Sequence database software
- Molecular Simulations WebLab ViewerPro
- Wavefunction Spartan
- Microsoft Word
- Semichem AMPAC
- Molecular Devices Corporation MetaFluor
- ItemTracker
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- GEPASI
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