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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 Biochemist
- Biological Chemist
- Biochemist
Tasks for “Clinical Laboratory Scientist”
- Examine the molecular or chemical aspects of immune system functioning.
- Prepare pharmaceutical compounds for commercial distribution.
- Determine the three-dimensional structure of biological macromolecules.
- Develop or test new drugs or medications intended for commercial distribution.
- Design or perform experiments with equipment such as lasers, accelerators, or mass spectrometers.
- Study the chemistry of living processes, such as cell development, breathing and digestion, or living energy changes, such as growth, aging, or death.
- Isolate, analyze, or synthesize vitamins, hormones, allergens, minerals, or enzymes and determine their effects on body functions.
- Research transformations of substances in cells, using atomic isotopes.
- Research the chemical effects of substances, such as drugs, serums, hormones, or food, on tissues or vital processes.
- Develop or execute tests to detect diseases, genetic disorders, or other abnormalities.
- 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.
- Investigate the nature, composition, or expression of genes or research how genetic engineering can impact these processes.
- Produce pharmaceutically or industrially useful proteins, using recombinant DNA technology.
- Study spatial configurations of submicroscopic molecules, such as proteins, using x-rays or electron microscopes.
- Design or build laboratory equipment needed for special research projects.
- Share research findings by writing scientific articles or by making presentations at scientific conferences.
- Study the mutations in organisms that lead to cancer or other diseases.
- Prepare reports or recommendations, based upon research outcomes.
- Teach or advise undergraduate or graduate students or supervise their research.
- Research how characteristics of plants or animals are carried through successive generations.
- Manage laboratory teams or monitor the quality of a team's work.
- Develop methods to process, store, or use foods, drugs, or chemical compounds.
Related Technology & Tools
- Lasers
- Auto gamma counters
- Automatic x ray film developers
- Large upright microscopes
- Refrigerated centrifuges
- Cryocut microtomes
- Laminar flow hoods
- Flexi-dry lyophilizers
- Hemoglobin analyzers
- Magnetic tweezers
- Water purification units
- X ray microscopes
- Positron emission tomography PET scanners
- Mettler balances
- Glassware adaptors
- Erlenmeyer flasks
- Personal computers
- Dichroic beamsplitters
- Filtering funnels
- Fermenters
- Autoclaves
- Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectroscopes
- Laboratory vacuum pumps
- Fluorescence spectroscopes
- Mainframe computers
- Ultracentrifuges
- Shaking incubators
- Continuous flow centrifuges
- Homogenizers
- Flame ionization detectors FID
- Video enhanced differential interference contrast microscopes
- Sample concentrators
- Atomic force microscopes
- Automated electrophoresis equipment
- Ultramicrotomes
- Electrophoresis power supplies
- Cryotransmission electron microscopes
- Plotters
- Ultraviolet UV spectroscopes
- Hot plates
- Flow cytometers
- Transillumination microscopes
- Spectrofluorimeters
- Tabletop centrifuges
- Analytical ultracentrifuges
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- Sartorius balances
- X ray crystallography equipment
- Argon lasers
- Nanoscopes
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- Multi-angle elastic-light scattering systems
- Cryomicroscopes
- Scintillation counters
- Power amplifiers
- Medical magnetic resonance imaging MRI microscopes
- High-pressure high-temperature reactors
- Video positioning equipment
- Chemical fume hoods
- Rheometers
- Langmuir balances
- pH meters
- Top-loading electronic balances
- Pasteur pipettes
- Spectrophotometers
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- Microsusceptometers
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- Gas chromatographs GC
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- Dual wavelength spectroscopes
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- Glassware condensers
- Laboratory convection ovens
- Desktop computers
- Electron microscopes
- Protein sequencers
- Phosphorimager video cameras
- Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectroscopes
- Pipettes
- Heat incubators
- Microcentrifuges
- Liquid nuclear magnetic resonance NMR equipment
- Biological safety hoods
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- Brewster angle microscopes
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- Near-field light microscopes
- Inverted microscopes
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- Beakers
- Chemistry analyzers
- Laser induced temperature jump nanosecond relaxation spectrometer systems
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- Vacuum freezers
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- Solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance NMR equipment
- Raman difference spectrometers
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- Hodgkin-Huxley Model software
- Molecular Simulations WebLab ViewerPro
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- Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop
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- Extensible markup language XML
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- Basic Local Alignment Search Tool BLAST
- Accelrys FELIX
- Accelrys Insight II
- Crystallography & NMR System (CNS)
- Accelrys QAUNTA
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- JustBio SeqPainter
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- Internet browser software
- Linux
- Docking and ligand binding software
- Laboratory information management system LIMS
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- Expression DNA and protein sequence software
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- Practical extraction and reporting language Perl
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