Description
Research and study cellular molecules and organelles to understand cell function and organization.
- • Verify all financial, physical, and human resources assigned to research or development projects are used as planned.
- • 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.
- • Evaluate new supplies and equipment to ensure operability in specific laboratory settings.
- • Develop guidelines for procedures such as the management of viruses.
- • Coordinate molecular or cellular research activities with scientists specializing in other fields.
- • Confer with vendors to evaluate new equipment or reagents or to discuss the customization of product lines to meet user requirements.
- • Supervise technical personnel and postdoctoral research fellows.
- • Provide scientific direction for project teams regarding the evaluation or handling of devices, drugs, or cells for in vitro and in vivo disease models.
- • Perform laboratory procedures following protocols including deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequencing, cloning and extraction, ribonucleic acid (RNA) purification, or gel electrophoresis.
- • Monitor or operate specialized equipment, such as gas chromatographs and high pressure liquid chromatographs, electrophoresis units, thermocyclers, fluorescence activated cell sorters, and phosphorimagers.
- • Maintain accurate laboratory records and data.
- • Instruct undergraduate and graduate students within the areas of cellular or molecular biology.
- • Evaluate new technologies to enhance or complement current research.
- • Direct, coordinate, organize, or prioritize biological laboratory activities.
- • Develop assays that monitor cell characteristics.
- • Design databases, such as mutagenesis libraries.
- • Design molecular or cellular laboratory experiments, oversee their execution, and interpret results.
- • Compile and analyze molecular or cellular experimental data and adjust experimental designs as necessary.
- • Conduct research on cell organization and function, including mechanisms of gene expression, cellular bioinformatics, cell signaling, or cell differentiation.
- • Conduct applied research aimed at improvements in areas such as disease testing, crop quality, pharmaceuticals, and the harnessing of microbes to recycle waste.
- • Write grant applications to obtain funding.
- • Prepare or review reports, manuscripts, or meeting presentations.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
