From biologist to biophysicist
30 of the 47 essential skills of a biophysicist are already essential for a biologist — about 64% 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.
- 30
- skills carry over
- 17
- would be new
- 64%
- of the target job covered
- 47
- essential skills of a biophysicist
What a biophysicist does
Biophysicists study the existing relation between living organisms and physics. They conduct research on living organisms based on the methods of physics that aim to explain the complexity of life, predict patterns, and draw conclusions about aspects of life. Biophysicists' research fields cover DNA, proteins, molecules, cells, and environments.
What carries over
30 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- apply for research funding
- apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
- apply scientific methods
- biology
- communicate with a non-scientific audience
- conduct research across disciplines
- conduct research on fauna
- conduct research on flora
- 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
- gather experimental data
- increase the impact of science on policy and society
- interact professionally in research and professional environments
- life sciences
- manage open publications
- manage personal professional development
- manage research data
- 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
- synthesise information
- write scientific publications
What would be new
17 skillsEssential for a biophysicist and not for a biologist. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- analyse cell cultures
- analyse experimental laboratory data
- examine cell specimens microscopically
- genomics
- integrate gender dimension in research
- manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data
- manage intellectual property rights
- mentor individuals
- multidisciplinary research
- operate open source software
- perform laboratory tests
- physics
- protein
- proteomics
- speak different languages
- spectroscopy
- think abstractly
Other moves from biologist
2 roles- aquaculture biologist36 skills in common
- microbiologist36 skills in common
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How far are you from being a biophysicist?
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