skillfactor-pipeline/skills/biophysicist/SKILL.md

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biophysicist

Occupational skill for the role 'biophysicist' (also: biophysics scientist, biophysics research scientist, biophysics biotechnologist, biophysics scholar, biophysics researcher, bio-physicist). Use when the user asks for typical biophysicist work such as: Keep abreast of new biochemistries, instrumentation, or software by reading scientific literature and attending professional conferences.; Provide statistical and computational tools for biologically based activities, such as genetic analysis, measurement of gene expression, or gene function determination.; Direct the work of technicians and information technology staff applying bioinformatics tools or applications in areas such as proteomics, transcriptomics, metabolomics, or clinical bioinformatics.

Biophysicist

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.

Core workflow

1. Keep abreast of new biochemistries, instrumentation, or software by reading scientific literature and attending professional conferences.
2. Provide statistical and computational tools for biologically based activities, such as genetic analysis, measurement of gene expression, or gene function determination.
3. Direct the work of technicians and information technology staff applying bioinformatics tools or applications in areas such as proteomics, transcriptomics, metabolomics, or clinical bioinformatics.
4. Develop new software applications or customize existing applications to meet specific scientific project needs.
5. Develop data models and databases.
6. Create or modify web-based bioinformatics tools.
7. Design and apply bioinformatics algorithms including unsupervised and supervised machine learning, dynamic programming, or graphic algorithms.
8. Create novel computational approaches and analytical tools as required by research goals.

How to use this skill

• Read references/profile.md for the occupation profile and scope.
• Consult references/tasks.md for the full task and activity inventory.
• Check references/skills.md for essential vs. optional competences.
• Check references/tools.md for the software commonly used in this role.
• See references/ai-skills.md — matched external AI agent skills (per-source attribution).

Key competences (essential)

• analyse cell cultures
• analyse experimental laboratory data
• 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

Hot technologies

• IBM SPSS Statistics
• SAS
• The MathWorks MATLAB
• Docker
• GitHub
• Tableau
• Salesforce software
• Apache Hadoop
• Microsoft SQL Server
• MySQL

Hot technologies

Top tools from 54 gated job ads (see references/market.md, as of 2026-07-09):

• Python — 20 %
• AMBER — 11 %
• C++ — 11 %
• GROMACS — 11 %
• NAMD — 11 %
• Bash — 9 %
• PyMOL — 9 %
• DLS — 7 %
• 10x Genomics Xenium — 6 %
• AlphaFold — 6 %

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Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/1738173e-ef9c-4222-88c8-b6aa9bad3cf7), ONET 30.3 (19-1029.01). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*