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