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