geneticist
Geneticists study and focus their research on genetics. They analyse the fashion in which genes interact, operate, and inherit traits and characteristics. Based on their research, they attend patients with inherited diseases and conditions, congenital malformations, and genetic matters at large.
Also called: geneticists, genetics science researcher, genetics research scientist, genetics researcher, genetics analyst, genetics research analyst, molecular biologist, embryologist
- 53
- essential skills
- 39
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
- 2131
- ISCO-08 group
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Essential skills
53- apply for research funding
- apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
- apply scientific methods
- biology
- biotechnology
- communicate with a non-scientific audience
- conduct genome research
- conduct research across disciplines
- cryopreservation
- decide on type of genetic testing
- 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 genetic data
- evaluate research activities
- genetic engineering
- genetics
- genomics
- increase the impact of science on policy and society
- integrate gender dimension in research
- interact professionally in research and professional environments
- interpret laboratory data in medical genetics
- interpret pedigree charts
- laboratory techniques
- life sciences
- manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data
- manage intellectual property rights
- manage open publications
- manage personal professional development
- manage research data
- medical genetics
- mentor individuals
- microbiology-bacteriology
- neoplasia
- operate open source software
- perform laboratory tests
- perform project management
- perform scientific research
- promote open innovation in research
- promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities
- promote the transfer of knowledge
- publish academic research
- report analysis results
- scientific literature
- scientific research methodology
- speak different languages
- stem cells
- synthesise information
- think abstractly
- tissue cytogenetics
- undertake research in medical genetics
- write scientific publications
Optional skills
39- advise on prenatal genetic diseases
- analyse blood samples
- apply blended learning
- archive scientific documentation
- assess environmental impact
- assist in clinical trials
- biological chemistry
- botany
- chemistry
- clinical cytology
- clinical immunopathology
- computational biology
- counsel patients on fertility treatments
- develop patient treatment strategies
- develop pharmaceutical drugs
- develop scientific research protocols
- develop scientific theories
- diagnose genetic diseases
- ecology
- embryology
- general medicine
- histology
- immunology
- liaise with genetic laboratories
- maintain genetic registers
- manage ethical dilemmas in genetic testing
- molecular biology
- multidisciplinary research
- pharmacology
- professional documentation in health care
- proteomics
- provide genetic counselling
- provide technical expertise
- research design
- take referrals for genetic testing
- teach in academic or vocational contexts
- undertake genetic risk assessment
- virology
- write research proposals
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