From chemist to biochemist
39 of the 54 essential skills of a biochemist are already essential for a chemist — about 72% of the job, before you learn anything new.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 39
- skills carry over
- 15
- would be new
- 72%
- of the target job covered
- 54
- essential skills of a biochemist
What a biochemist does
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.
What carries over
39 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- 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
- calibrate laboratory equipment
- communicate with a non-scientific audience
- 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
- increase the impact of science on policy and society
- integrate gender dimension in research
- interact professionally in research and professional environments
- laboratory techniques
- manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data
- manage intellectual property rights
- manage open publications
- manage personal professional development
- manage research data
- mentor individuals
- operate open source software
- oxidation
- 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
- scientific literature
- scientific research methodology
- speak different languages
- spectroscopy
- synthesise information
- think abstractly
- write scientific publications
What would be new
15 skillsEssential for a biochemist and not for a chemist. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
Other moves from chemist
2 roles- analytical chemist39 skills in common
- toxicologist38 skills in common
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How far are you from being a biochemist?
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