Occupation Atlasbiochemist
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/6df6c5cb-c1a2-42c8-acd0-1ee5563c36c1
biochemist
Biochemists study and perform research on the reactions caused by chemicals in living organisms. This includes performing research for the development or improvement of chemical-based products (e.g. medicine) aimed at improving the health of living organisms and at better understanding their reactions.
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
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
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 (54)
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 chemical substances
- analytical chemistry
- apply for research funding
- apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
- apply safety procedures in laboratory
- apply scientific methods
- biological chemistry
- biology
- biotechnology
- calibrate laboratory equipment
- communicable diseases
- communicate with a non-scientific audience
- computational chemistry
- conduct research across disciplines
- 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
- genetics
- increase the impact of science on policy and society
- integrate gender dimension in research
- interact professionally in research and professional environments
- laboratory techniques
- life sciences
- maintain laboratory equipment
- manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data
- manage intellectual property rights
- manage open publications
- manage personal professional development
- manage research data
- mentor individuals
- molecular biology
- multidisciplinary research
- operate open source software
- oxidation
- perform chemical experiments
- perform laboratory tests
- perform project management
- perform scientific research
- pharmaceutical chemistry
- pharmacology
- promote open innovation in research
- promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities
- promote the transfer of knowledge
- publish academic research
- research design
- scientific literature
- scientific research methodology
- speak different languages
- spectroscopy
- synthesise information
- think abstractly
- write scientific publications
Optional (39)
- advise on crop diseases
- analyse blood samples
- analyse cell cultures
- analyse medication's impact on brain
- apply blended learning
- archive scientific documentation
- assess environmental impact
- clinical biochemistry
- conduct genome research
- contribute to registration of pharmaceutical products
- control production
- cryopreservation
- develop product design
- develop scientific research protocols
- develop scientific theories
- evolutionary biology
- examine samples in dermatology
- explain the molecular basis of a disease to patients
- identify poisons
- industrial research and development
- medical laboratory technology
- microbiology-bacteriology
- monitor patients during clinical tests
- nanomaterials
- perform lectures
- pest control in plants
- plant disease control
- prepare compliance documents
- prepare lesson content
- production processes
- recommend product improvements
- solid phase microextraction
- stem cells
- supervise laboratory operations
- synthetic biology
- teach in academic or vocational contexts
- toxicology
- 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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