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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”
- Develop or test new drugs or medications intended for commercial distribution.
- Determine the three-dimensional structure of biological macromolecules.
- Manage laboratory teams or monitor the quality of a team's work.
- Teach or advise undergraduate or graduate students or supervise their research.
- Design or perform experiments with equipment such as lasers, accelerators, or mass spectrometers.
- Develop or execute tests to detect diseases, genetic disorders, or other abnormalities.
- Study the chemistry of living processes, such as cell development, breathing and digestion, or living energy changes, such as growth, aging, or death.
- Develop new methods to study the mechanisms of biological processes.
- Share research findings by writing scientific articles or by making presentations at scientific conferences.
- Study spatial configurations of submicroscopic molecules, such as proteins, using x-rays or electron microscopes.
- Isolate, analyze, or synthesize vitamins, hormones, allergens, minerals, or enzymes and determine their effects on body functions.
- Research transformations of substances in cells, using atomic isotopes.
- Develop methods to process, store, or use foods, drugs, or chemical compounds.
- Prepare pharmaceutical compounds for commercial distribution.
- Design or build laboratory equipment needed for special research projects.
- Research how characteristics of plants or animals are carried through successive generations.
- Study the mutations in organisms that lead to cancer or other diseases.
- Study physical principles of living cells or organisms and their electrical or mechanical energy, applying methods and knowledge of mathematics, physics, chemistry, or biology.
- Produce pharmaceutically or industrially useful proteins, using recombinant DNA technology.
- 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.
- Investigate the nature, composition, or expression of genes or research how genetic engineering can impact these processes.
- Examine the molecular or chemical aspects of immune system functioning.
Related Technology & Tools
- Viscometers
- Tabletop centrifuges
- Graduated cylinders
- Cell sorters
- Scanners
- Ultramicrotomes
- Darkroom equipment
- Gas chromatographs GC
- Transmission electron microscopes TEM
- Cryomicroscopes
- Ultraviolet UV spectroscopes
- Spectropolarimeters
- Mass spectrometers
- Laser printers
- Sapphire lasers
- Automated electrophoresis equipment
- Phosphorimagers
- Microcentrifuges
- Flexi-dry lyophilizers
- Water baths
- Sartorius balances
- Microscope slides
- Top-loading electronic balances
- Electron paramagnetic resonance EPR spectrometers
- Linear accelerators
- Spectrophotometers
- Charge-coupled device CCD cameras
- Autoclaves
- Electroencephalography EEG equipment
- Growth chambers
- High-pressure high-temperature reactors
- Pasteur pipettes
- Cryostat tissue microtomes
- Spectrofluorimeters
- Phosphorimager video cameras
- Automatic x ray film developers
- Heat blocks
- Desktop computers
- Electron microscopes
- Krypton lasers
- Inverted microscopes
- Solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance NMR equipment
- Positron emission tomography PET scanners
- Argon lasers
- Sonicators
- Near-field light microscopes
- Orbital shakers
- Chemistry analyzers
- Confocal microscopes
- Mossbauer spectroscopes
- Heating mantles
- Beakers
- Medical magnetic resonance imaging MRI equipment
- Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA sequencers
- Flow cytometers
- Scanning laser microscopes
- Filtering funnels
- Mettler balances
- Video positioning equipment
- Isothermal titration calorimeters ITC
- Laser tweezers
- Peptide synthesizers
- Brewster angle microscopes
- Laboratory vacuum pumps
- Solid state diode lasers
- Rheometers
- Circular dichroism spectroscopes
- Personal computers
- Laser induced temperature jump nanosecond relaxation spectrometer systems
- Hot plates
- Ultracentrifuges
- Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectroscopes
- Automatic pipetters
- Fluorescence spectroscopes
- Protein sequencers
- Rotating anode X ray generators
- Laser Doppler zeta potential analyzers
- Magnetic tweezers
- Fermenters
- Cytospin centrifuges
- Test tubes
- Microphysiometers
- Homogenizers
- Dichroic beamsplitters
- Liquid nuclear magnetic resonance NMR equipment
- Liquid handling robots
- Erlenmeyer flasks
- Cryocut microtomes
- Scanning electron microscopes SEM
- Refrigerated centrifuges
- Binocular light compound microscopes
- Multi-angle elastic-light scattering systems
- Electron spin resonance spectroscopes
- Transillumination microscopes
- Shaking waterbaths
- Microinjectors
- High-pressure liquid chromatographs
- Multichannel detectors
- pH meters
- Plotters
- Ionometers
- Differential scanning calorimeters
- Dual wavelength spectroscopes
- Microdosimeters
- Ultraviolet UV transilluminators
- Electrophoresis power supplies
- Pipettes
- Synchrotrons
- Amino acid analyzers
- Gamma ray irradiators
- Cryogenic freezers
- Analytical ultracentrifuges
- Circulating water cooling systems
- Megafuge centrifuges
- Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectroscopes
- Video enhanced differential interference contrast microscopes
- Laminar flow hoods
- Langmuir balances
- Optical tweezers
- Glassware condensers
- Balances
- Chemical fume hoods
- Scintillation counters
- Ultrasonic cleaners
- Gel boxes
- Heat incubators
- Analytical balances
- Large upright microscopes
- Capillary electrophoresis equipment
- Funnels
- Lasers
- Hemoglobin analyzers
- Light scattering devices
- Carbon dioxide CO2 incubators
- Nanoscopes
- Cryotransmission electron microscopes
- Microcalorimeters
- Specific gravity balances
- Stopped-flow spectrophotometers
- Laser particle sizers
- Raman difference spectrometers
- Magnetic piconewton-force transducers
- Medical magnetic resonance imaging MRI microscopes
- Atomic force microscopes
- Signal generators
- Microsusceptometers
- Laboratory convection ovens
- Neodymium-doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet Nd:YAG lasers
- Shaking incubators
- X ray microscopes
- Mainframe computers
- Notebook computers
- Incubators
- Glassware adaptors
- Vibratome tissue sectioning systems
- Freeze dryers
- Biological safety hoods
- Computerized axial tomography CAT scan equipment
- Auto gamma counters
- Biofreezers
- Vacuum freezers
- Water purification units
- Flame ionization detectors FID
- Microplate readers
- X ray crystallography equipment
- Power amplifiers
- Basic vapor pressure osmometers
- Continuous flow centrifuges
- Thermal imagers
- Sample concentrators
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- JustBio SeqPainter
- SAS
- Practical extraction and reporting language Perl
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- GEPASI
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- Docking and ligand binding software
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- Internet browser software
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- Graphics software
- Crystallography & NMR System (CNS)
- The MathWorks MATLAB
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- Gaussian software
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- Linux
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- Presentation software
- Chang Bioscience ToolKit
- Word processing software
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- SAP
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- SPSS
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- Extensible markup language XML
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- Python
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