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Job Description
Research and study cellular molecules and organelles to understand cell function and organization.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 19-1029.02
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Molecular and Cellular Biologists”.
Also Known As…
- Molecular and Cellular Biologists
- Molecular Biology Professor
- Molecular Biology Director
- Structural Biologist
- Research Technician
- Molecular Biology Scientist
- Life Science Research Assistant
- Laboratory Technician
- DNA Sequencing Associate
- Cellular Biologist
- Cell Biology Scientist
- Cell Biologist
Tasks for “Molecular Biologist”
- Conduct applied research aimed at improvements in areas such as disease testing, crop quality, pharmaceuticals, and the harnessing of microbes to recycle waste.
- Coordinate molecular or cellular research activities with scientists specializing in other fields.
- Direct, coordinate, organize, or prioritize biological laboratory activities.
- Conduct research on cell organization and function, including mechanisms of gene expression, cellular bioinformatics, cell signaling, or cell differentiation.
- Evaluate new supplies and equipment to ensure operability in specific laboratory settings.
- Supervise technical personnel and postdoctoral research fellows.
- Prepare reports, manuscripts, and meeting presentations.
- Confer with vendors to evaluate new equipment or reagents or to discuss the customization of product lines to meet user requirements.
- Compile and analyze molecular or cellular experimental data and adjust experimental designs as necessary.
- Monitor or operate specialized equipment such as gas chromatographs and high pressure liquid chromatographs, electrophoresis units, thermocyclers, fluorescence activated cell sorters, and phosphorimagers.
- Perform laboratory procedures following protocols including deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequencing, cloning and extraction, ribonucleic acid (RNA) purification, or gel electrophoresis.
- Design molecular or cellular laboratory experiments, oversee their execution, and interpret results.
- Develop guidelines for procedures such as the management of viruses.
- Evaluate new technologies to enhance or complement current research.
- Instruct undergraduate and graduate students within the areas of cellular or molecular biology.
- Provide scientific direction for project teams regarding the evaluation or handling of devices, drugs, or cells for in vitro and in vivo disease models.
- Design databases such as mutagenesis libraries.
- Maintain accurate laboratory records and data.
- Verify all financial, physical, and human resources assigned to research or development projects are used as planned.
- Develop assays that monitor cell characteristics.
- Participate in all levels of bioproduct development, including proposing new products, performing market analyses, designing and performing experiments, and collaborating with operations and quality control teams during product launches.
Related Technology & Tools
- Cloning cylinders
- Polymerase chain reaction PCR thermocyclers
- Microplate readers
- Yeast culture incubators
- Spectrophotometers
- Emergency eye wash stations
- Laboratory orbital shakers
- Electrophoresis cameras
- Computerized axial tomography CAT scanners
- Glass beakers
- Laboratory floor centrifuges
- Cloning kits
- Manual single channel positive displacement pipettes
- Water purification systems
- Laboratory vacuum pumps
- Laminar flow hoods
- Cooled benchtop centrifuges
- Dessicators
- Magnetic stirring hot plates
- Microcentrifuges
- Scanning laser confocal microscopes
- Multichannel micropipettes
- Laptop computers
- Charge-coupled device CCD cameras
- Magnetic resonance imaging MRI systems
- Phosphorimagers
- Heat blocks
- Laboratory chemical autoclaves
- Mass spectrometers
- Variable volume pipettes
- Vortex rotators
- Laboratory water baths
- Inverted binocular microscopes
- Robotic fluidics stations
- Centrifuge tubes
- Polymerase chain reaction PCR equipment
- Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectroscopes
- Dissecting microscopes
- Serological kits
- Bacterial plate incubators
- Tabletop centrifuges
- pH analyzers
- High pressure liquid chromatograph HPLC equipment
- Gel electrophoresis equipment
- Gradiant thermocyclers
- Nucleic acid hybridization ovens
- Laboratory binocular optical microscopes
- Desktop computers
- Automatic carbon dioxide CO2 incubators
- Automated cell counters
- Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA synthesizers
- Ultraviolet-Visible UV/VIS spectrophotometers
- Automated microscopes
- Thermocyclers
- Personal computers
- Laboratory freezers
- Flow cytometers
- Automated DNA sequencing equipment
- Fluorimeters
- Manual single channel repeating pipetters
- Laboratory transfer pipettes
- Gel imaging apparatus
- Safety gloves
- Fluorescence microscopes
- Gas chromatography equipment
- Microbalances
- Chemical hoods
- Delila
- Wolfram Research Mathematica
- RasMol
- GraphPad Software GraphPad Prism
- Laboratory information management system LIMS
- NetPrimer
- Data mining software
- Gene Recognition and Assembly Internet Link GRAIL
- Molecular Devices Corporation MetaMorph
- CRI-MAP
- EnzymeX
- Michigan State University MSU ProFlex
- Mendel
- Magma
- ClustalW
- Textco BioSoftware Gene Inspector
- FASTA
- Agilent Technologies GeneSpring GX
- Geospiza GeneSifter
- PHYLIP
- Agilent CGH Analytics
- Primer3
- AcaClone pDRAW32
- Minitab
- Mathsoft Mathcad
- Blast Output Browser BOB
- Genotyping software
- Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA libraries
- Microsoft Office
- Web browser software
- FASTLINK
- Microsoft Word
- Basic Local Alignment Search Tool BLAST
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- Microsoft Excel