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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 “Scientist”
- Share research findings by writing scientific articles or by making presentations at scientific conferences.
- Research the chemical effects of substances, such as drugs, serums, hormones, or food, on tissues or vital processes.
- Isolate, analyze, or synthesize vitamins, hormones, allergens, minerals, or enzymes and determine their effects on body functions.
- Develop new methods to study the mechanisms of biological processes.
- Produce pharmaceutically or industrially useful proteins, using recombinant DNA technology.
- Study physical principles of living cells or organisms and their electrical or mechanical energy, applying methods and knowledge of mathematics, physics, chemistry, or biology.
- Study spatial configurations of submicroscopic molecules, such as proteins, using x-rays or electron microscopes.
- Design or build laboratory equipment needed for special research projects.
- Manage laboratory teams or monitor the quality of a team's work.
- Teach or advise undergraduate or graduate students or supervise their research.
- Study the chemistry of living processes, such as cell development, breathing and digestion, or living energy changes, such as growth, aging, or death.
- Research how characteristics of plants or animals are carried through successive generations.
- Determine the three-dimensional structure of biological macromolecules.
- Prepare reports or recommendations, based upon research outcomes.
- Develop or execute tests to detect diseases, genetic disorders, or other abnormalities.
- Develop or test new drugs or medications intended for commercial distribution.
- Examine the molecular or chemical aspects of immune system functioning.
- Study the mutations in organisms that lead to cancer or other diseases.
- Prepare pharmaceutical compounds for commercial distribution.
- Design or perform experiments with equipment such as lasers, accelerators, or mass spectrometers.
- Investigate the nature, composition, or expression of genes or research how genetic engineering can impact these processes.
- Research transformations of substances in cells, using atomic isotopes.
- Develop methods to process, store, or use foods, drugs, or chemical compounds.
Related Technology & Tools
- Incubators
- Electron paramagnetic resonance EPR spectrometers
- Megafuge centrifuges
- Scanners
- pH meters
- Laminar flow hoods
- Refrigerated centrifuges
- Binocular light compound microscopes
- Flow cytometers
- Signal generators
- X ray microscopes
- Continuous flow centrifuges
- Auto gamma counters
- Medical magnetic resonance imaging MRI equipment
- Hemoglobin analyzers
- Capillary electrophoresis equipment
- Shaking incubators
- Darkroom equipment
- Carbon dioxide CO2 incubators
- Circulating water cooling systems
- Plotters
- Neodymium-doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet Nd:YAG lasers
- Heat blocks
- Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectroscopes
- Pasteur pipettes
- Spectrophotometers
- Balances
- Laser printers
- Laser induced temperature jump nanosecond relaxation spectrometer systems
- Charge-coupled device CCD cameras
- Desktop computers
- Pipettes
- Mossbauer spectroscopes
- Basic vapor pressure osmometers
- Nanoscopes
- Ultraviolet UV transilluminators
- Growth chambers
- Solid state diode lasers
- Positron emission tomography PET scanners
- Heat incubators
- Isothermal titration calorimeters ITC
- Solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance NMR equipment
- Microscope slides
- Heating mantles
- Microcalorimeters
- Cryomicroscopes
- Synchrotrons
- Differential scanning calorimeters
- Ultrasonic cleaners
- Water purification units
- Rotating anode X ray generators
- Linear accelerators
- Microsusceptometers
- Cell sorters
- Dichroic beamsplitters
- Cryocut microtomes
- Electron spin resonance spectroscopes
- Thermal imagers
- Computerized axial tomography CAT scan equipment
- Microphysiometers
- Transillumination microscopes
- Electron microscopes
- Electrophoresis power supplies
- Amino acid analyzers
- Notebook computers
- Liquid nuclear magnetic resonance NMR equipment
- Gas chromatographs GC
- Chemistry analyzers
- Spectrofluorimeters
- Viscometers
- Dual wavelength spectroscopes
- Vibratome tissue sectioning systems
- Gel boxes
- Video positioning equipment
- Mass spectrometers
- Flexi-dry lyophilizers
- Protein sequencers
- Peptide synthesizers
- Multichannel detectors
- Sample concentrators
- Laser tweezers
- Phosphorimager video cameras
- Graduated cylinders
- Mainframe computers
- Hot plates
- Microcentrifuges
- High-pressure liquid chromatographs
- X ray crystallography equipment
- Cytospin centrifuges
- Glassware adaptors
- Vacuum freezers
- Scanning laser microscopes
- Ionometers
- High-pressure high-temperature reactors
- Cryotransmission electron microscopes
- Ultraviolet UV spectroscopes
- Automatic x ray film developers
- Liquid handling robots
- Chemical fume hoods
- Magnetic tweezers
- Glassware condensers
- Microinjectors
- Personal computers
- Multi-angle elastic-light scattering systems
- Ultracentrifuges
- Analytical ultracentrifuges
- Microdosimeters
- Orbital shakers
- Raman difference spectrometers
- Scintillation counters
- Laser particle sizers
- Stopped-flow spectrophotometers
- Near-field light microscopes
- Circular dichroism spectroscopes
- Laboratory vacuum pumps
- Autoclaves
- Biofreezers
- Biological safety hoods
- Shaking waterbaths
- Atomic force microscopes
- Electroencephalography EEG equipment
- Laboratory convection ovens
- Automated electrophoresis equipment
- Erlenmeyer flasks
- Top-loading electronic balances
- Magnetic piconewton-force transducers
- Large upright microscopes
- Confocal microscopes
- Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA sequencers
- Scanning electron microscopes SEM
- Power amplifiers
- Flame ionization detectors FID
- Specific gravity balances
- Inverted microscopes
- Optical tweezers
- Gamma ray irradiators
- Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectroscopes
- Spectropolarimeters
- Sonicators
- Funnels
- Tabletop centrifuges
- Video enhanced differential interference contrast microscopes
- Sapphire lasers
- Krypton lasers
- Sartorius balances
- Langmuir balances
- Test tubes
- Phosphorimagers
- Filtering funnels
- Light scattering devices
- Medical magnetic resonance imaging MRI microscopes
- Cryogenic freezers
- Ultramicrotomes
- Rheometers
- Brewster angle microscopes
- Water baths
- Cryostat tissue microtomes
- Automatic pipetters
- Analytical balances
- Beakers
- Fluorescence spectroscopes
- Freeze dryers
- Mettler balances
- Fermenters
- Argon lasers
- Lasers
- Transmission electron microscopes TEM
- Homogenizers
- Microplate readers
- Laser Doppler zeta potential analyzers
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- SAS
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- Molecular Simulations WebLab ViewerPro
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- SAP
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- The MathWorks MATLAB
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- SPSS
- Extensible markup language XML
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- Crystallography & NMR System (CNS)
- Analysis and building software
- Microsoft Excel
- Molecular simulation software
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- Word processing software
- Microsoft Visio
- Multivariate statistical program MVSP software
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- Dassasult Systemes Abaqus
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- AutoQuant AutoDeblur
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- Linux
- Fujitsu BioMedCache
- Chang Bioscience ToolKit
- Microsoft Word
- Practical extraction and reporting language Perl
- Elsevier MDL ISIS/Draw
- Presentation software
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- Python
- Basic Local Alignment Search Tool BLAST
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- Minitab
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- 3D graphics software
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