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