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