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