Research or study basic principles of plant and animal life, such as origin, relationship, development, anatomy, and functions.

Other names for Biologists: Biologist, Clinical Laboratory Scientist, Clinical Researcher, Cytologist, Dolphin Researcher, Environmental Analyst, Environmental Scientist, Environmental Specialist, Fish Culture Supervisor, Fish Culture Technician, Fisheries Biologist, Genetic Engineer, Genetic Scientist, Geneticist, Marine Biologist, Marine Scientist, Mycologist, Nematologist, Neurobiologist, Neurophysiologist, Ocean Biologist, Physiologist, Rare/Endangered Species Specialist, Research Analyst, Research Biologist, Research Scientist, Scientist, Wildlife Biologist, Aquatic Biologist, Aquatic Scientist, Bioinformatics Specialist,

• Develop and maintain liaisons and effective working relations with groups and individuals, agencies, and the public to encourage cooperative management strategies or to develop information and interpret findings.
• Program and use computers to store, process and analyze data.
• Collect and analyze biological data about relationships among and between organisms and their environment.
• Study aquatic plants and animals and environmental conditions affecting them such as radioactivity or pollution.
• Communicate test results to state and federal representatives and general public.
• Identify, classify, and study structure, behavior, ecology, physiology, nutrition, culture, and distribution of plant and animal species.
• Prepare environmental impact reports for industry, government, or publication.
• Represent employer in a technical capacity at conferences.
• Plan and administer biological research programs for government, research firms, medical industries, or manufacturing firms.
• Research environmental effects of present and potential uses of land and water areas, determining methods of improving environmental conditions or such outputs as crop yields.
• Review reports such as those relating to land use classifications and recreational development for accuracy and adequacy.
• Measure salinity, acidity, light, oxygen content, and other physical conditions of water to determine their relationship to aquatic life.
• Teach, supervise students and perform research at universities and colleges.
• Supervise biological technicians and technologists and other scientists.
• Study basic principles of plant and animal life such as origin, relationship, development, anatomy, and function.
• Study and manage wild animal populations.
• Prepare requests for proposals or statements of work.
• Cultivate, breed, and grow aquatic life such as lobsters, clams, or fish.
• Prepare plans for management of renewable resources.
• Develop methods and apparatus for securing representative plant, animal, aquatic, or soil samples.
• Study reactions of plants, animals, and marine species to parasites.
• Develop pest management and control measures, and conduct risk assessments related to pest exclusion using scientific methods.

• Multipurpose or general test tubes
• Laboratory beakers
• Laboratory burets
• Laboratory graduated cylinders
• Laboratory washing machines
• Global positioning system receivers
• Handheld thermometer
• Magnetic stirrers
• Stirring hotplates
• High pressure liquid chromatograph chromatography
• Homogenizers
• Microbiology inoculation loops or needles
• Inverted microscopes
• Analytical balances
• Sampling syringes
• Dropping pipettes
• Laboratory forceps
• Laboratory funnels
• Laboratory hotplates
• Laboratory microwave ovens
• Laminar flow cabinets or stations
• Notebook computers
• Robotic or automated liquid handling systems
• Photometers
• Mainframe computers
• Forced air or mechanical convection general purpose incubators
• Barometers
• Dropping pipettes
• Photo attachments for microscopes
• Microscope slides
• Microplate readers
• Microtomes
• Microplates
• Direction finding compasses
• Binocular light compound microscopes
• Orbital shaking water baths
• Pasteur or transfer pipettes
• Personal computers
• Petri plates or dishes
• pH meters
• Radiation detectors
• Commercial fishing nets
• Cuvettes
• Laboratory general purpose tubing
• Temperature cycling chambers or thermal cyclers
• Portable data input terminals
• Ultra cold or ultralow upright cabinets or freezers
• Safety glasses
• Refrigerated benchtop centrifuges
• Dissolved carbon dioxide analyzers
• Protective gloves
• Goggles
• Salinity meter
• Scanning electron microscopes
• Scanning light or spinning disk or laser scanning microscopes
• Calculators or accessories
• Shaking incubators
• Ultrasonic disintegrators
• Specimen collectors
• Spectrophotometers
• Laboratory stirring rods
• Benchtop centrifuges
• Vortex mixers
• Tissue culture coated plates or dishes or inserts
• Electronic toploading balances
• Transmission electron microscopes
• Triple beam balances
• Ultracentrifuges
• Microtomes
• Transilluminators
• Spectrophotometers
• Dehydrators
• Laboratory evaporators
• Drying cabinets or ovens
• Digital camcorders or video cameras
• Video attachments for microscopes
• Open stream current meters
• Ultra violet water purification units
• Water samplers
• Dry wall single chamber carbon dioxide incubators
• Weather stations
• Spectrometers
• Stereo or dissecting light microscopes
• Specialty plates for bacteria
• Automated microscope stages
• Robotic or automated liquid handling systems
• Benchtop centrifuges
• Freezedryers or lyophilzers
• Tissue culture incubators
• Sterilization cabinets
• Gas burners
• Tube furnaces
• Vacuum or centrifugal concentrators
• Conductivity meters
• Deoxyribonucleic sequence analyzers
• Desktop computers
• Digestion systems
• Digital cameras
• Commercial fishing nets
• Stereo or dissecting light microscopes
• Bi distillation units
• Electron microscopes
• Laboratory balances
• Gel boxes
• Laboratory flasks
• Standard fermentation units
• Liquid scintillation counters
• Fluorescent microscopes
• French pressure cells
• Fume hoods or cupboards
• Chemical or gas sterilizers
• Gas chromatographs

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Graphics or photo imaging software

Word processing software

Presentation software

Spreadsheet software

Data base user interface and query software

Development environment software

Object or component oriented development software

Analytical or scientific software

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