Occupation Atlasbiophysicist
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/1738173e-ef9c-4222-88c8-b6aa9bad3cf7
biophysicist
Biophysicists study the existing relation between living organisms and physics. They conduct research on living organisms based on the methods of physics that aim to explain the complexity of life, predict patterns, and draw conclusions about aspects of life. Biophysicists' research fields cover DNA, proteins, molecules, cells, and environments.
Job Zone
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Zone 5: Extensive Preparation Needed
Extensive preparation. Usually a graduate degree, with extensive skill, knowledge and experience — many of these occupations expect more than five years of experience.
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Occupational interest profile
ICRInvestigative · Conventional · Realistic — the three strongest interests, in order
- I Investigative7.00
- C Conventional5.04
- R Realistic3.81
- A Artistic2.51
- S Social1.64
- E Enterprising1.26
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Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Bioinformatics Scientists (19-1029.01): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (47)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- analyse cell cultures
- analyse experimental laboratory data
- apply for research funding
- apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
- apply scientific methods
- biology
- communicate with a non-scientific audience
- conduct research across disciplines
- conduct research on fauna
- conduct research on flora
- demonstrate disciplinary expertise
- develop professional network with researchers and scientists
- disseminate results to the scientific community
- draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation
- evaluate research activities
- examine cell specimens microscopically
- gather experimental data
- genomics
- increase the impact of science on policy and society
- integrate gender dimension in research
- interact professionally in research and professional environments
- life sciences
- manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data
- manage intellectual property rights
- manage open publications
- manage personal professional development
- manage research data
- mentor individuals
- multidisciplinary research
- operate open source software
- perform laboratory tests
- perform project management
- perform scientific research
- physics
- promote open innovation in research
- promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities
- promote the transfer of knowledge
- protein
- proteomics
- publish academic research
- scientific literature
- scientific research methodology
- speak different languages
- spectroscopy
- synthesise information
- think abstractly
- write scientific publications
Optional (27)
- alternative fuels
- analyse medication's impact on brain
- apply blended learning
- apply statistical analysis techniques
- biological chemistry
- calibrate laboratory equipment
- collect biological data
- collect samples for analysis
- computational biology
- computational chemistry
- conduct genome research
- cryopreservation
- execute analytical mathematical calculations
- microbiology-bacteriology
- molecular biology
- operate scientific measuring equipment
- operate telescopes
- organic chemistry
- osteology
- quantitative analysis
- stem cells
- supercomputing
- synthetic biology
- teach in academic or vocational contexts
- use measurement instruments
- virology
- write research proposals
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
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