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Job Description
Research and study the inheritance of traits at the molecular, organism or population level. May evaluate or treat patients with genetic disorders.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 19-1029.03
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Geneticists”.
Also Known As…
- Geneticists
- Scientist
- Research Scientist
- Medical Genetics Director
- Medical Geneticist
- Laboratory Director
- Clinical Molecular Genetics Laboratory Director
- Clinical Genetics Laboratory Chief
- Clinical Cytogenetics Director
- Biochemical Genetics Laboratory Director
- Associate Genetics Professor
- Statistical Geneticist
- Research Geneticist
- Proteomics Scientist
- Professor
- Population Geneticist
- Pharmacogeneticist
- Pediatric Geneticist
- Molecular Geneticist
- Laboratory Geneticist
- Genomics Scientist
- Geneticist
- Genetic Scientist
- Crop Quantitative Geneticist
- Computational Geneticist
- Clinical Molecular Geneticist
- Clinical Geneticist
- Clinical Cytogeneticist
- Clinical Biochemical Geneticist
- Behavioral Geneticist
Tasks for “Swine Genetics Researcher”
- Maintain laboratory notebooks that record research methods, procedures, and results.
- Prepare results of experimental findings for presentation at professional conferences or in scientific journals.
- Review, approve, or interpret genetic laboratory results.
- Instruct medical students, graduate students, or others in methods or procedures for diagnosis and management of genetic disorders.
- Maintain laboratory safety programs and train personnel in laboratory safety techniques.
- Design sampling plans or coordinate the field collection of samples such as tissue specimens.
- Write grants and papers or attend fundraising events to seek research funds.
- Plan curatorial programs for species collections that include acquisition, distribution, maintenance, or regeneration.
- Analyze determinants responsible for specific inherited traits, and devise methods for altering traits or producing new traits.
- Confer with information technology specialists to develop computer applications for genetic data analysis.
- Conduct family medical studies to evaluate the genetic basis for traits or diseases.
- Plan or conduct basic genomic and biological research related to areas such as regulation of gene expression, protein interactions, metabolic networks, and nucleic acid or protein complexes.
- Develop protocols to improve existing genetic techniques or to incorporate new diagnostic procedures.
- Evaluate genetic data by performing appropriate mathematical or statistical calculations and analyses.
- Participate in the development of endangered species breeding programs or species survival plans.
- Supervise or direct the work of other geneticists, biologists, technicians, or biometricians working on genetics research projects.
- Evaluate, diagnose, or treat genetic diseases.
- Search scientific literature to select and modify methods and procedures most appropriate for genetic research goals.
- Create or use statistical models for the analysis of genetic data.
- Collaborate with biologists and other professionals to conduct appropriate genetic and biochemical analyses.
- Extract deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) or perform diagnostic tests involving processes such as gel electrophoresis, Southern blot analysis, and polymerase chain reaction analysis.
- Verify that cytogenetic, molecular genetic, and related equipment and instrumentation is maintained in working condition to ensure accuracy and quality of experimental results.
- Attend clinical and research conferences and read scientific literature to keep abreast of technological advances and current genetic research findings.
- Design and maintain genetics computer databases.
Related Technology & Tools
- Polymerase chain reaction PCR equipment
- Binocular optical microscopes
- Flow cytometers
- Desktop computers
- Fast protein liquid chromatographs FPLC
- Microplate readers
- Safety goggles
- Phosphorimagers
- Gel electrophoresis equipment
- Robotic liquid handlers
- Mass spectrometry equipment
- Micropipettes
- Laptop computers
- High pressure liquid chromatograph HPLC equipment
- Capillary electrophoresis equipment
- Gas chromatography equipment
- Personal computers
- Safety gloves
- Linux
- PHYLIP
- Email software
- Golden Helix HelixTree
- SAS/Genetics
- Plate reader software
- S.A.G.E.
- Python
- Formula translation/translator FORTRAN
- Practical extraction and reporting language Perl
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- RTI International SUDAAN
- ClustalW
- Ward Systems Group GeneHunter
- Web browser software
- SAS
- Microsoft Visual C# .NET
- Bioinformatics databases
- SAS JMP
- R
- Microsoft Word
- Insightful S-PLUS
- HapMap
- C++
- Oracle Java
- Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA sequence analysis software
- Microsoft Excel
- Structured query language SQL
- Mendel
- UNIX
- Basic Local Alignment Search Tool BLAST
- Database software