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