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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
- Nanotechnologist
- Genetic Engineer
- Clinical Researcher
- Clinical Laboratory Scientist
- Clinical Biochemist
- Biological Chemist
- Biochemist
Tasks for “Research Assistant”
- Isolate, analyze, or synthesize vitamins, hormones, allergens, minerals, or enzymes and determine their effects on body functions.
- Manage laboratory teams or monitor the quality of a team's work.
- Develop methods to process, store, or use foods, drugs, or chemical compounds.
- Determine the three-dimensional structure of biological macromolecules.
- Research how characteristics of plants or animals are carried through successive generations.
- Prepare reports or recommendations, based upon research outcomes.
- Produce pharmaceutically or industrially useful proteins, using recombinant DNA technology.
- Investigate the nature, composition, or expression of genes or research how genetic engineering can impact these processes.
- Develop or execute tests to detect diseases, genetic disorders, or other abnormalities.
- Share research findings by writing scientific articles or by making presentations at scientific conferences.
- 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 new methods to study the mechanisms of biological processes.
- 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.
- Develop or test new drugs or medications intended for commercial distribution.
- Research transformations of substances in cells, using atomic isotopes.
- Design or build laboratory equipment needed for special research projects.
- Prepare pharmaceutical compounds for commercial distribution.
- Research the chemical effects of substances, such as drugs, serums, hormones, or food, on tissues or vital processes.
- 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.
- Study the mutations in organisms that lead to cancer or other diseases.
Related Technology & Tools
- Refrigerated centrifuges
- Chemical fume hoods
- Multichannel detectors
- Laser induced temperature jump nanosecond relaxation spectrometer systems
- Automatic x ray film developers
- Microdosimeters
- Light scattering devices
- Microinjectors
- Circulating water cooling systems
- Charge-coupled device CCD cameras
- Cryocut microtomes
- Spectrofluorimeters
- Ultraviolet UV transilluminators
- Laminar flow hoods
- Transmission electron microscopes TEM
- Dichroic beamsplitters
- Balances
- Spectrophotometers
- High-pressure high-temperature reactors
- Biofreezers
- Brewster angle microscopes
- Biological safety hoods
- Top-loading electronic balances
- Medical magnetic resonance imaging MRI equipment
- Mossbauer spectroscopes
- Spectropolarimeters
- Ultrasonic cleaners
- Water baths
- Thermal imagers
- Glassware condensers
- Glassware adaptors
- Sample concentrators
- Raman difference spectrometers
- Laser printers
- Homogenizers
- Electroencephalography EEG equipment
- Funnels
- Neodymium-doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet Nd:YAG lasers
- Analytical ultracentrifuges
- Sonicators
- Video enhanced differential interference contrast microscopes
- Water purification units
- High-pressure liquid chromatographs
- Large upright microscopes
- Flexi-dry lyophilizers
- Heat blocks
- Shaking incubators
- Laser particle sizers
- Analytical balances
- Laser tweezers
- X ray crystallography equipment
- Atomic force microscopes
- Graduated cylinders
- Megafuge centrifuges
- Chemistry analyzers
- Cryomicroscopes
- Scintillation counters
- Video positioning equipment
- Pipettes
- Automatic pipetters
- Electrophoresis power supplies
- Synchrotrons
- Flow cytometers
- Microscope slides
- Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectroscopes
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- Optical tweezers
- Lasers
- Mass spectrometers
- Signal generators
- Electron paramagnetic resonance EPR spectrometers
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- Carbon dioxide CO2 incubators
- Isothermal titration calorimeters ITC
- Darkroom equipment
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- Sartorius balances
- Langmuir balances
- Multi-angle elastic-light scattering systems
- Plotters
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- Microcentrifuges
- Phosphorimagers
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- Microplate readers
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- Electron microscopes
- Continuous flow centrifuges
- Fluorescence spectroscopes
- Cell sorters
- Inverted microscopes
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- Hemoglobin analyzers
- Sapphire lasers
- Desktop computers
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- Ultraviolet UV spectroscopes
- Beakers
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- Cryostat tissue microtomes
- Dual wavelength spectroscopes
- Laboratory convection ovens
- Fermenters
- X ray microscopes
- Microcalorimeters
- pH meters
- Personal computers
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- Scanning laser microscopes
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- Shaking waterbaths
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- Ultracentrifuges
- Protein sequencers
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- Hot plates
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- Incubators
- Circular dichroism spectroscopes
- Erlenmeyer flasks
- Auto gamma counters
- Transillumination microscopes
- Ultramicrotomes
- Notebook computers
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- Scanners
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- Basic vapor pressure osmometers
- Peptide synthesizers
- Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectroscopes
- Krypton lasers
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- Mettler balances
- Rheometers
- Heat incubators
- Amino acid analyzers
- Gas chromatographs GC
- Binocular light compound microscopes
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- Autoclaves
- Differential scanning calorimeters
- Tabletop centrifuges
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- Power amplifiers
- Linear accelerators
- Stopped-flow spectrophotometers
- Scanning electron microscopes SEM
- Laboratory vacuum pumps
- Electron spin resonance spectroscopes
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- SAP
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- Chemistry at Harvard Molecular Mechanics CHARMm
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- Minitab
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- Structure prediction software
- Golden Helix ChemTree
- PREMIER Biosoft Array Designer
- Practical extraction and reporting language Perl
- Basic Local Alignment Search Tool BLAST
- Python
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- SAS
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