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