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