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Geneticists

  • Bright Outlook
  • Rapid Growth

Research and study the inheritance of traits at the molecular, organism or population level. May evaluate or treat patients with genetic disorders.

What you’d do

  • Supervise or direct the work of other geneticists, biologists, technicians, or biometricians working on genetics research projects.
  • Plan or conduct basic genomic and biological research related to areas such as regulation of gene expression, protein interactions, metabolic networks, and nucleic acid or protein complexes.
  • Prepare results of experimental findings for presentation at professional conferences or in scientific journals.
  • Maintain laboratory notebooks that record research methods, procedures, and results.
  • Write grants and papers or attend fundraising events to seek research funds.
  • Search scientific literature to select and modify methods and procedures most appropriate for genetic research goals.
  • Review, approve, or interpret genetic laboratory results.
  • Attend clinical and research conferences and read scientific literature to keep abreast of technological advances and current genetic research findings.

Skills that matter

  • Reading Comprehension
  • Science
  • Active Learning
  • Active Listening
  • Complex Problem Solving
  • Critical Thinking

How to get there

Extensive preparation: most need graduate school, such as a master's degree or higher

Also called

  • Cardiovascular Geneticist
  • Medical Geneticist
  • Research Scientist
  • Scientist

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