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Job Description

Investigate the growth, structure, development, and other characteristics of microscopic organisms, such as bacteria, algae, or fungi. Includes medical microbiologists who study the relationship between organisms and disease or the effects of antibiotics on microorganisms.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 19-1022.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 76,850.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 36.00
Currently, there are 21,670 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Microbiologists”.

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Tasks for “Virology Director”

Develop new products and procedures for sterilization, food and pharmaceutical supply preservation, or microbial contamination detection.
Provide laboratory services for health departments, for community environmental health programs, and for physicians needing information for diagnosis and treatment.
Examine physiological, morphological, and cultural characteristics, using microscope, to identify and classify microorganisms in human, water, and food specimens.
Isolate and maintain cultures of bacteria or other microorganisms in prescribed or developed media, controlling moisture, aeration, temperature, and nutrition.
Research use of bacteria and microorganisms to develop vitamins, antibiotics, amino acids, grain alcohol, sugars, and polymers.
Monitor and perform tests on water, food, and the environment to detect harmful microorganisms or to obtain information about sources of pollution, contamination, or infection.
Study the structure and function of human, animal, and plant tissues, cells, pathogens and toxins.
Prepare technical reports and recommendations based upon research outcomes.
Supervise biological technologists and technicians and other scientists.
Use a variety of specialized equipment such as electron microscopes, gas chromatographs and high pressure liquid chromatographs, electrophoresis units, thermocyclers, fluorescence activated cell sorters and phosphorimagers.
Observe action of microorganisms upon living tissues of plants, higher animals, and other microorganisms, and on dead organic matter.
Conduct chemical analyses of substances such as acids, alcohols, and enzymes.
Investigate the relationship between organisms and disease, including the control of epidemics and the effects of antibiotics on microorganisms.
Study growth, structure, development, and general characteristics of bacteria and other microorganisms to understand their relationship to human, plant, and animal health.

Related Technology & Tools

Colony counters
Safety glasses
Gas chromatographs GC
Deionized DI water systems
Micromanipulators
Recording thermometers
Multiplate readers
Culture bottles
Bioreactors
Fecal coliform water baths
Tissue homogenizers
Anaerobic growth chambers
Erlenmeyer flasks
Scanning electron microscopes SEM
Microcentrifuges
Thermocyclers
Water purification systems
Freeze dryers
Flow cytometers
Conductivity meters
Laboratory gas burners
Automatic cell sorters
Desktop computers
Biological safety hoods
Gel transfer apparatus
Eyewash fountains
Coplin jars
Micro balances
Electronic sterilizers
Infrared gas analyzers
Inverted microscopes
Analytical balances
Ultracentrifuges
Dropping pipettes
Automated gram stainers
Microcalorimeters
Sectioned petri plates
Laboratory membrane filtering devices
Darkroom developing tanks
Laminar flow cabinets
Petri dishes
Orbital shaking incubators
Bubble counters
pH meters
Fluorescence activated cell sorters
Notebook computers
Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectrometers
Laboratory test tubes
Electroporators
Liquid impingers
Semidry blotting apparatus
Protective laboratory coats
Micropipettes
Precision pan balances
Respirators
Refrigerated benchtop centrifuges
Heat blocks
Protective gloves
Dissecting microscopes
Impedance meters
Desktop centrifuges
Test tube racks
Transmission electron microscopes TEM
Chemical safety showers
Water sample collection containers
Gel documentation systems
Gel electrophoresis boxes
Safety shoes
Autoclaves
Alcohol lamps
Transilluminators
Laser printers
Bacteriological incubators
Sonicators
Gas-powered generators
Charge coupled device CCD color digital cameras
Automatic coverslipper
Rechargeable electronic pipette fillers
Steroclaves
Laboratory beakers
Laboratory refrigerators
Ultraviolet UV lamps
Staining dishes
Dissolved oxygen meters
Drying ovens
Liquid nitrogen storage equipment
Orbital shaking water baths
Bioaerosol impactors
Dry bath incubators
Dichotomous particulate matter samplers
Visible/UV light scanning spectrophotometers
Direct heat dry wall carbon dioxide CO2 incubators
Bacticinerators
Multistage agar impactors
Gel support frames
Rotator mixers
Automated microbial identification systems
Magnetic laboratory stirrers
Peristaltic pumps
Erlenmeyer flask clamps
Personal computers
Electronic toploading balances
Laboratory glassware washers
Hybridization ovens
Osmometers
Laboratory funnels
Shaking incubators
Compound binocular light microscopes
Pipette pumps
X ray diffractometers
Ultra cold biological freezers
Visible spectrometers
8-channel electronic pipettes
Mid-infrared spectrometers
Oil-immersion microscope lenses
Vortex mixers
Multiwell trays
Heating stirplates
Laboratory vacuum pumps
Helium-neon lasers
Culture tubes
Mass spectrometers
Refrigerated recirculating water baths
Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA sequencers
Automatic pipetters
Hardy Diagnostics HUGO
Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay ELISA plate readers
HEPA filtered biosafety cabinets
Prepared agar plates
Bright field light microscopes
Laboratory heat exchange condensing devices
Graduated glass laboratory cylinders
High pressure liquid chromatographs HPLC
Liquid chromatograph devices
Floor shakers
Raman spectrometers
Infrared IR spectrometers
Microscope slides
French presses
Inoculating loops
Fire extinguishers
Fluorescent microscopes
Argon lasers
Membrane filtration systems
Photomicroscopes
High-speed centrifuges
Phase contrast microscopes
Serology rotators

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