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