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