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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
- Clinical Researcher
- Clinical Laboratory Scientist
- Clinical Biochemist
- Biological Chemist
- Biochemist
Tasks for “Genetic Engineer”
- Develop or execute tests to detect diseases, genetic disorders, or other abnormalities.
- Develop new methods to study the mechanisms of biological processes.
- Examine the molecular or chemical aspects of immune system functioning.
- Research the chemical effects of substances, such as drugs, serums, hormones, or food, on tissues or vital processes.
- Research transformations of substances in cells, using atomic isotopes.
- 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 methods to process, store, or use foods, drugs, or chemical compounds.
- Design or build laboratory equipment needed for special research projects.
- Teach or advise undergraduate or graduate students or supervise their research.
- Determine the three-dimensional structure of biological macromolecules.
- Manage laboratory teams or monitor the quality of a team's work.
- Isolate, analyze, or synthesize vitamins, hormones, allergens, minerals, or enzymes and determine their effects on body functions.
- Study the chemistry of living processes, such as cell development, breathing and digestion, or living energy changes, such as growth, aging, or death.
- Investigate the nature, composition, or expression of genes or research how genetic engineering can impact these processes.
- 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.
- 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.
- Prepare reports or recommendations, based upon research outcomes.
- Research how characteristics of plants or animals are carried through successive generations.
- Produce pharmaceutically or industrially useful proteins, using recombinant DNA technology.
- Develop or test new drugs or medications intended for commercial distribution.
- Prepare pharmaceutical compounds for commercial distribution.
Related Technology & Tools
- High-pressure liquid chromatographs
- Peptide synthesizers
- Medical magnetic resonance imaging MRI microscopes
- Mainframe computers
- Viscometers
- Linear accelerators
- Cell sorters
- Top-loading electronic balances
- Mass spectrometers
- Analytical balances
- Plotters
- Ionometers
- Laser induced temperature jump nanosecond relaxation spectrometer systems
- Dichroic beamsplitters
- Microsusceptometers
- Laser tweezers
- Ultraviolet UV transilluminators
- Auto gamma counters
- Homogenizers
- Neodymium-doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet Nd:YAG lasers
- Analytical ultracentrifuges
- Sapphire lasers
- Charge-coupled device CCD cameras
- Funnels
- Medical magnetic resonance imaging MRI equipment
- Multi-angle elastic-light scattering systems
- Chemistry analyzers
- Sample concentrators
- Autoclaves
- Electroencephalography EEG equipment
- Automatic x ray film developers
- Heat incubators
- Pipettes
- Microcentrifuges
- Scanning electron microscopes SEM
- Freeze dryers
- Binocular light compound microscopes
- Shaking waterbaths
- Thermal imagers
- Synchrotrons
- Tabletop centrifuges
- Fermenters
- Microphysiometers
- Microcalorimeters
- Laser printers
- Spectrofluorimeters
- Continuous flow centrifuges
- Power amplifiers
- Megafuge centrifuges
- Heat blocks
- Ultramicrotomes
- Hemoglobin analyzers
- Electron microscopes
- Brewster angle microscopes
- Spectropolarimeters
- Inverted microscopes
- Dual wavelength spectroscopes
- Krypton lasers
- Transmission electron microscopes TEM
- Cryogenic freezers
- Water baths
- Ultracentrifuges
- Liquid handling robots
- Phosphorimagers
- X ray microscopes
- Darkroom equipment
- Personal computers
- Gel boxes
- Electron paramagnetic resonance EPR spectrometers
- Argon lasers
- Scanning laser microscopes
- Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA sequencers
- Scintillation counters
- Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectroscopes
- Basic vapor pressure osmometers
- Microplate readers
- Nanoscopes
- Graduated cylinders
- Microinjectors
- Biofreezers
- Rheometers
- Laboratory convection ovens
- Flame ionization detectors FID
- Liquid nuclear magnetic resonance NMR equipment
- Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectroscopes
- High-pressure high-temperature reactors
- Erlenmeyer flasks
- Microscope slides
- Filtering funnels
- Circulating water cooling systems
- Cryotransmission electron microscopes
- Lasers
- Multichannel detectors
- Computerized axial tomography CAT scan equipment
- Biological safety hoods
- Automatic pipetters
- Flow cytometers
- Phosphorimager video cameras
- Hot plates
- Automated electrophoresis equipment
- Electrophoresis power supplies
- Circular dichroism spectroscopes
- Solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance NMR equipment
- Video positioning equipment
- Laminar flow hoods
- Protein sequencers
- Test tubes
- Confocal microscopes
- Scanners
- Microdosimeters
- Specific gravity balances
- Chemical fume hoods
- Raman difference spectrometers
- Glassware adaptors
- Incubators
- Ultraviolet UV spectroscopes
- Fluorescence spectroscopes
- Light scattering devices
- Magnetic piconewton-force transducers
- Signal generators
- Langmuir balances
- Notebook computers
- Desktop computers
- Solid state diode lasers
- Laser particle sizers
- Mettler balances
- Positron emission tomography PET scanners
- Water purification units
- pH meters
- Cryomicroscopes
- Laboratory vacuum pumps
- Orbital shakers
- Beakers
- Cryocut microtomes
- Capillary electrophoresis equipment
- Vacuum freezers
- Transillumination microscopes
- Pasteur pipettes
- Isothermal titration calorimeters ITC
- Differential scanning calorimeters
- Stopped-flow spectrophotometers
- Growth chambers
- Heating mantles
- Glassware condensers
- Rotating anode X ray generators
- Gas chromatographs GC
- Spectrophotometers
- Cytospin centrifuges
- Cryostat tissue microtomes
- Magnetic tweezers
- Sonicators
- Large upright microscopes
- Flexi-dry lyophilizers
- Sartorius balances
- X ray crystallography equipment
- Carbon dioxide CO2 incubators
- Electron spin resonance spectroscopes
- Balances
- Video enhanced differential interference contrast microscopes
- Amino acid analyzers
- Near-field light microscopes
- Refrigerated centrifuges
- Atomic force microscopes
- Gamma ray irradiators
- Vibratome tissue sectioning systems
- Ultrasonic cleaners
- Shaking incubators
- Laser Doppler zeta potential analyzers
- Optical tweezers
- Mossbauer spectroscopes
- Accelrys QAUNTA
- ESRI What if?
- Minitab
- Hodgkin-Huxley Model software
- Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop
- Molecular Devices Corporation MetaFluor
- Accelrys Cerius2
- Internet browser software
- Graphics software
- Carrier-mediated transport software
- Crystallography & NMR System (CNS)
- Voltage-gated ion channels software
- Basic Local Alignment Search Tool BLAST
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Excel
- Fujitsu MOPAC
- Microsoft Word
- Laboratory information management system LIMS
- Linux
- Molecular Devices Corporation MetaMorph
- Video analysis software
- Structure prediction software
- Semichem AMPAC
- Yet another scientific artificial reality application YASARA software
- JustBio SeqPainter
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- Molecular simulation software
- Crystallographic software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Dassasult Systemes Abaqus
- Multivariate statistical program MVSP software
- Practical extraction and reporting language Perl
- SAP
- Word processing software
- Golden Helix ChemTree
- Presentation software
- GEPASI
- SPSS
- Accelrys FELIX
- Email software
- PREMIER Biosoft Array Designer
- AutoQuant AutoDeblur
- Chemistry at Harvard Molecular Mechanics CHARMm
- Sequence database software
- 3D graphics software
- Tripos SYBYL
- Macroscopic diffusion software
- Shrodinger Jaguar
- Gaussian software
- Analysis and building software
- Intelligent Imaging Innovations SlideBook
- Microsoft Visio
- Python
- Wavefunction Titan
- ChemInnovation Software Chem 4-D
- Expression DNA and protein sequence software
- Docking and ligand binding software
- Chang Bioscience ToolKit
- SAS
- ItemTracker
- Golden Helix HelixTree
- Molecular Simulations WebLab ViewerPro
- Statistical software
- Elsevier MDL ISIS/Draw
- Extensible markup language XML
- Assisted model building with energy refinement AMBER
- Molecular Networks GmbH Biochemical Pathways
- GE Healthcare ImageQuant TL
- Genetics computer group GSG software
- Fujitsu BioMedCache
- Accelrys Insight II
- Wavefunction Spartan