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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
- 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 “Toxicologist”
- Design or perform experiments with equipment such as lasers, accelerators, or mass spectrometers.
- 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 or execute tests to detect diseases, genetic disorders, or other abnormalities.
- Share research findings by writing scientific articles or by making presentations at scientific conferences.
- Manage laboratory teams or monitor the quality of a team's work.
- Isolate, analyze, or synthesize vitamins, hormones, allergens, minerals, or enzymes and determine their effects on body functions.
- Prepare pharmaceutical compounds for commercial distribution.
- Prepare reports or recommendations, based upon research outcomes.
- Produce pharmaceutically or industrially useful proteins, using recombinant DNA technology.
- Research transformations of substances in cells, using atomic isotopes.
- Develop new methods to study the mechanisms of biological processes.
- Research how characteristics of plants or animals are carried through successive generations.
- Determine the three-dimensional structure of biological macromolecules.
- Develop or test new drugs or medications intended for commercial distribution.
- Study the mutations in organisms that lead to cancer or other diseases.
- Research the chemical effects of substances, such as drugs, serums, hormones, or food, on tissues or vital processes.
- Develop methods to process, store, or use foods, drugs, or chemical compounds.
- 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.
- Examine the molecular or chemical aspects of immune system functioning.
- 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.
- Teach or advise undergraduate or graduate students or supervise their research.
Related Technology & Tools
- Automated electrophoresis equipment
- Balances
- Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectroscopes
- Flame ionization detectors FID
- Mass spectrometers
- Near-field light microscopes
- Lasers
- Top-loading electronic balances
- Notebook computers
- Biofreezers
- Magnetic tweezers
- Medical magnetic resonance imaging MRI equipment
- Atomic force microscopes
- Fermenters
- Microcentrifuges
- Gamma ray irradiators
- Refrigerated centrifuges
- Electrophoresis power supplies
- Sapphire lasers
- Isothermal titration calorimeters ITC
- pH meters
- Large upright microscopes
- X ray microscopes
- Microdosimeters
- Microcalorimeters
- Chemistry analyzers
- Plotters
- Transillumination microscopes
- Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA sequencers
- Phosphorimager video cameras
- Raman difference spectrometers
- Shaking incubators
- Heat incubators
- Magnetic piconewton-force transducers
- Glassware condensers
- Analytical balances
- Heat blocks
- Spectrophotometers
- Light scattering devices
- Circular dichroism spectroscopes
- Flow cytometers
- Dual wavelength spectroscopes
- Vacuum freezers
- Protein sequencers
- Solid state diode lasers
- Cryomicroscopes
- Ultracentrifuges
- Sonicators
- Krypton lasers
- Rotating anode X ray generators
- Scanning electron microscopes SEM
- Microscope slides
- Pipettes
- Solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance NMR equipment
- Cytospin centrifuges
- Filtering funnels
- Phosphorimagers
- Hot plates
- Carbon dioxide CO2 incubators
- Desktop computers
- Brewster angle microscopes
- Ionometers
- Fluorescence spectroscopes
- Signal generators
- Stopped-flow spectrophotometers
- Cryostat tissue microtomes
- Analytical ultracentrifuges
- Electron microscopes
- Cell sorters
- Laminar flow hoods
- Test tubes
- Thermal imagers
- Power amplifiers
- Pasteur pipettes
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- Autoclaves
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- Laser induced temperature jump nanosecond relaxation spectrometer systems
- Personal computers
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- Megafuge centrifuges
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- Heating mantles
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- Beakers
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- Shaking waterbaths
- Spectrofluorimeters
- Differential scanning calorimeters
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- Inverted microscopes
- Electron paramagnetic resonance EPR spectrometers
- Transmission electron microscopes TEM
- Biological safety hoods
- Viscometers
- Charge-coupled device CCD cameras
- Scanning laser microscopes
- Liquid nuclear magnetic resonance NMR equipment
- Chemical fume hoods
- Water purification units
- Sample concentrators
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- Cryotransmission electron microscopes
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- Mossbauer spectroscopes
- Funnels
- Electroencephalography EEG equipment
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- Binocular light compound microscopes
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- Langmuir balances
- Water baths
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- Specific gravity balances
- Erlenmeyer flasks
- Microinjectors
- Homogenizers
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- Capillary electrophoresis equipment
- Mettler balances
- Hemoglobin analyzers
- Electron spin resonance spectroscopes
- Automatic pipetters
- Liquid handling robots
- High-pressure liquid chromatographs
- Gas chromatographs GC
- Tabletop centrifuges
- Incubators
- Ultraviolet UV spectroscopes
- Nanoscopes
- Argon lasers
- Automatic x ray film developers
- Neodymium-doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet Nd:YAG lasers
- Amino acid analyzers
- Laser tweezers
- Cryocut microtomes
- Gel boxes
- High-pressure high-temperature reactors
- Video enhanced differential interference contrast microscopes
- Microphysiometers
- Laser particle sizers
- Rheometers
- Glassware adaptors
- Cryogenic freezers
- Linear accelerators
- Scanners
- Optical tweezers
- Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectroscopes
- Medical magnetic resonance imaging MRI microscopes
- Synchrotrons
- Dichroic beamsplitters
- Mainframe computers
- Tripos SYBYL
- Wavefunction Spartan
- ItemTracker
- Hodgkin-Huxley Model software
- Accelrys FELIX
- Presentation software
- SAP
- Golden Helix ChemTree
- Dassasult Systemes Abaqus
- Practical extraction and reporting language Perl
- Fujitsu MOPAC
- Word processing software
- Accelrys Cerius2
- Crystallography & NMR System (CNS)
- Email software
- Basic Local Alignment Search Tool BLAST
- Graphics software
- Extensible markup language XML
- Structure prediction software
- Shrodinger Jaguar
- Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop
- Python
- JustBio SeqPainter
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- Docking and ligand binding software
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- Genetics computer group GSG software
- GEPASI
- ChemInnovation Software Chem 4-D
- Intelligent Imaging Innovations SlideBook
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- SAS
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- Macroscopic diffusion software
- Molecular Devices Corporation MetaFluor
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- Video analysis software
- Elsevier MDL ISIS/Draw
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- Microsoft Excel
- Multivariate statistical program MVSP software
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- SPSS
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- Microsoft PowerPoint
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- PREMIER Biosoft Array Designer
- Microsoft Office
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- Gaussian software
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- Laboratory information management system LIMS
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- Minitab
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