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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
- Nanotechnologist
- Genetic Engineer
- Clinical Researcher
- Clinical Laboratory Scientist
- Clinical Biochemist
- Biological Chemist
- Biochemist
Tasks for “Pharmaceutical Scientist”
- 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.
- 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.
- Examine the molecular or chemical aspects of immune system functioning.
- Determine the three-dimensional structure of biological macromolecules.
- Share research findings by writing scientific articles or by making presentations at scientific conferences.
- Develop or test new drugs or medications intended for commercial distribution.
- Study the chemistry of living processes, such as cell development, breathing and digestion, or living energy changes, such as growth, aging, or death.
- Prepare pharmaceutical compounds for commercial distribution.
- Design or build laboratory equipment needed for special research projects.
- Manage laboratory teams or monitor the quality of a team's work.
- Investigate the nature, composition, or expression of genes or research how genetic engineering can impact these processes.
- Study the mutations in organisms that lead to cancer or other diseases.
- Produce pharmaceutically or industrially useful proteins, using recombinant DNA technology.
- 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.
- Design or perform experiments with equipment such as lasers, accelerators, or mass spectrometers.
- Develop new methods to study the mechanisms of biological processes.
- Teach or advise undergraduate or graduate students or supervise their research.
- Prepare reports or recommendations, based upon research outcomes.
- Isolate, analyze, or synthesize vitamins, hormones, allergens, minerals, or enzymes and determine their effects on body functions.
- Develop methods to process, store, or use foods, drugs, or chemical compounds.
Related Technology & Tools
- Near-field light microscopes
- Sonicators
- Hot plates
- Microcentrifuges
- Ultraviolet UV transilluminators
- High-pressure liquid chromatographs
- Homogenizers
- Incubators
- Rheometers
- Glassware adaptors
- Refrigerated centrifuges
- Heating mantles
- Automatic x ray film developers
- Personal computers
- Balances
- Solid state diode lasers
- Mettler balances
- Magnetic tweezers
- Phosphorimagers
- Scanning laser microscopes
- Gas chromatographs GC
- Heat incubators
- Signal generators
- Top-loading electronic balances
- Scanners
- Plotters
- Heat blocks
- Cryogenic freezers
- Laser particle sizers
- Computerized axial tomography CAT scan equipment
- Desktop computers
- Auto gamma counters
- Video positioning equipment
- Viscometers
- Basic vapor pressure osmometers
- X ray crystallography equipment
- Dichroic beamsplitters
- Automated electrophoresis equipment
- Autoclaves
- Stopped-flow spectrophotometers
- Linear accelerators
- Spectrophotometers
- Spectrofluorimeters
- Binocular light compound microscopes
- Charge-coupled device CCD cameras
- Analytical ultracentrifuges
- Laboratory convection ovens
- Shaking waterbaths
- Microplate readers
- Mossbauer spectroscopes
- pH meters
- Inverted microscopes
- Neodymium-doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet Nd:YAG lasers
- Raman difference spectrometers
- Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectroscopes
- Graduated cylinders
- Cytospin centrifuges
- Tabletop centrifuges
- Scanning electron microscopes SEM
- Pipettes
- Cryocut microtomes
- Argon lasers
- Electron spin resonance spectroscopes
- Spectropolarimeters
- Shaking incubators
- X ray microscopes
- Gel boxes
- Lasers
- Video enhanced differential interference contrast microscopes
- Flexi-dry lyophilizers
- Ultraviolet UV spectroscopes
- Laser Doppler zeta potential analyzers
- Krypton lasers
- Microsusceptometers
- Liquid nuclear magnetic resonance NMR equipment
- Solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance NMR equipment
- Ultracentrifuges
- Capillary electrophoresis equipment
- Laser induced temperature jump nanosecond relaxation spectrometer systems
- Gamma ray irradiators
- Water baths
- Flow cytometers
- Water purification units
- Cell sorters
- Test tubes
- Dual wavelength spectroscopes
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- Funnels
- Chemistry analyzers
- Mass spectrometers
- Differential scanning calorimeters
- Light scattering devices
- Power amplifiers
- Brewster angle microscopes
- Electron paramagnetic resonance EPR spectrometers
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- Electron microscopes
- Large upright microscopes
- Carbon dioxide CO2 incubators
- Megafuge centrifuges
- Orbital shakers
- Notebook computers
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- Growth chambers
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- Sapphire lasers
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- Hemoglobin analyzers
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- Specific gravity balances
- Medical magnetic resonance imaging MRI microscopes
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- Thermal imagers
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- Vacuum freezers
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- Protein sequencers
- Laser tweezers
- Biofreezers
- Nanoscopes
- Laminar flow hoods
- Langmuir balances
- High-pressure high-temperature reactors
- Ultrasonic cleaners
- Fermenters
- Microcalorimeters
- Electrophoresis power supplies
- Circulating water cooling systems
- Ionometers
- Multi-angle elastic-light scattering systems
- Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectroscopes
- Automatic pipetters
- Confocal microscopes
- Microdosimeters
- Multichannel detectors
- Vibratome tissue sectioning systems
- Isothermal titration calorimeters ITC
- Circular dichroism spectroscopes
- Chemical fume hoods
- Cryotransmission electron microscopes
- Continuous flow centrifuges
- Sartorius balances
- Transillumination microscopes
- Beakers
- Pasteur pipettes
- Freeze dryers
- Mainframe computers
- Laser printers
- Transmission electron microscopes TEM
- Ultramicrotomes
- Scintillation counters
- Laboratory vacuum pumps
- Shrodinger Jaguar
- Fujitsu MOPAC
- AutoQuant AutoDeblur
- Analysis and building software
- SPSS
- Accelrys QAUNTA
- Hodgkin-Huxley Model software
- Golden Helix HelixTree
- PREMIER Biosoft Array Designer
- Basic Local Alignment Search Tool BLAST
- Docking and ligand binding software
- GE Healthcare ImageQuant TL
- Laboratory information management system LIMS
- Crystallographic software
- Voltage-gated ion channels software
- Extensible markup language XML
- Linux
- Intelligent Imaging Innovations SlideBook
- Chemistry at Harvard Molecular Mechanics CHARMm
- Sequence database software
- Assisted model building with energy refinement AMBER
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- Microsoft Office
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- Video analysis software
- Accelrys FELIX
- Fujitsu BioMedCache
- Gaussian software
- Accelrys Insight II
- Molecular simulation software
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- Statistical software
- Python
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- Expression DNA and protein sequence software
- ItemTracker
- Semichem AMPAC
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- Molecular Simulations WebLab ViewerPro
- Crystallography & NMR System (CNS)
- SAS
- Carrier-mediated transport software
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- Chang Bioscience ToolKit
- Microsoft Excel
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