"Biochemist"

Job Description - Part 1 - Duties and Tasks

Basic Job Description:

Research or study chemical composition and processes of living organisms that affect vital processes such as growth and aging to determine chemical actions and effects on organisms such as the action of foods, drugs, or other substances on body functions and tissues.

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Job Duties and Tasks for: "Biochemist"

1) Studies chemistry of living processes, such as cell development, breathing and digestion, and living energy changes, such as growth, aging, and death.

2) Researches methods of transferring characteristics, such as resistance to disease, from one organism to another.

3) Examines chemical aspects of formation of antibodies, and researches chemistry of cells and blood corpuscles.

4) Develops and executes tests to detect disease, genetic disorders, or other abnormalities.

5) Develops and tests new drugs and medications used for commercial distribution.

6) Design and build laboratory equipment needed for special research projects.

7) Analyzes foods to determine nutritional value and effects of cooking, canning, and processing on this value.

8) Cleans, purifies, refines, and otherwise prepares pharmaceutical compounds for commercial distribution.

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9) Prepares reports and recommendations based upon research outcomes.

10) Develops methods to process, store, and use food, drugs, and chemical compounds.

11) Isolates, analyzes, and identifies hormones, vitamins, allergens, minerals, and enzymes, and determines their effects on body functions.