Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists

Tools and Technology

Tools Include:

• Chromatography tubing (Absorption tubes)
• Spectrophotometers (Atomic absorption AA spectrophotometers)
• Steam autoclaves or sterilizers (Autoclaves)
• Benchtop centrifuges (Automated centrifuges)
• Deoxyribonucleic sequence analyzers (Automated deoxyribonucleic acid DNA sequencers)
• Laboratory balances (Balances)
• Beta counters
• Binocular light compound microscopes
• Laboratory blenders or emulsifiers (Blenders)
• Blood gas analyzers (Blood gas machines)
• Calorimeters (Bomb calorimeters)
• Medical ultrasound bone densitometers (Bone ultrasound densitometers)
• Instrumentation for capillary electrophoresis (Capillary electrophoresis equipment)
• Dry wall single chamber carbon dioxide incubators (Carbon dioxide CO2 incubators)
• Ultrasonic disintegrators (Cell disruptors)
• Benchtop centrifuges (Centrifuges)
• Chemistry analyzers
• Chromatography tubing (Chromatographic tubes)
• Coagulation analyzers (Coagulation machines)
• Spectrophotometers (Cold vapor atomic absorption spectrophotometers)
• Colorimeters
• Medical computed tomography CT or CAT scanners or tubes (Computerized axial tomography CAT scanners)
• Scanning light or spinning disk or laser scanning microscopes (Confocal microscopes)
• Manual or electronic hematology differential cell counters (Coulter counters)
• Laboratory filtration hardware or accessories (Crossflow filtration systems)
• Cuvettes
• Mobile or transportable medical linear accelerators (Cyclotrons)
• Complementary deoxyribonucleic acid cDNA synthesis kits (Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA synthesizers)
• Desktop computers
• Thin layer chromatography tanks (Developing tanks)
• Manual or electronic hematology differential cell counters (Differential cell counters)
• Conductivity meters (Electrical conductivity meters)
• Electrocardiography EKG units (Electrocardiography EKG machines)
• Electron microscopes
• Electrophoresis system power supplies (Electrophoresis power systems)
• Laboratory flasks (Erlenmeyer flasks)
• Standard fermentation units (Fermenters)
• Laboratory funnels (Filter funnels)
• Microcentrifuges (Fixed-angle microfuges)
• Spectrophotometers (Flame atomic absorption spectrophotometers)
• Photometers (Flame photometers)
• Laboratory flasks (Flasks)
• Microbiology analyzers (Flow cytometers)
• Spectrophotometers (Fourier Transform IR spectrophotometers)
• Fume hoods or cupboards (Fume hoods)
• Gamma counters
• Gas chromatographs (Gas chromatographs GC)
• Gel documentation systems
• Gel dryers
• Gel boxes (Gel electrophoresis boxes)
• Laboratory washing machines (Glassware washers)
• Spectrophotometers (Graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrophotometers)
• Laboratory heaters (Heat lamps)
• Dry baths or heating blocks (Heating blocks)
• Hematology analyzers
• High pressure liquid chromatograph chromatography (High-pressure liquid chromatographs)
• Medical magnetic resonance imaging MRI scanners (High-resolution functional magnetic resonance imaging MRI equipment)
• Benchtop centrifuges (High-speed centrifuges)
• Homogenizers
• Laboratory mechanical convection ovens (Hot air ovens)
• Laboratory hotplates (Hot plates)
• Forced air or mechanical convection general purpose incubators (Incubators)
• Ion chromatographs
• Laboratory evaporators
• Laminar flow cabinets or stations (Laminar flow hoods)
• Notebook computers (Laptop computers)
• Laser printers
• Robotic or automated liquid handling systems (Liquid handling robots)
• Magnetic stirrers
• Mainframe computers
• Mass spectrometers
• Laboratory graduated cylinders (Measuring cylinders)
• Medical magnetic resonance imaging MRI scanners (Medical magnetic resonance imaging MRI equipment)
• Chemistry analyzers (Mercury analyzers)
• Robotic or automated liquid handling systems (Microarrayer scanners)
• Petri plates or dishes (Microdiffusion dishes)
• Microplate readers
• Videoscopes (Microscope/video camera stations)
• Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectrometers (Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectroscopes)
• Pasteur or transfer pipettes (Pasteur pipettes)
• Hematology or chemistry mixers (Peptide synthesizers)
• Personal computers
• Petri plates or dishes (Petri dishes)
• pH meters
• Dropping pipettes (Pipettes)
• Microplate washers (Plate washers)
• Medical positron emission tomography PET units (Positron emission tomography PET scanners)
• Laboratory funnels (Powder funnels)
• Spectrophotometers (Recording spectrophotometers)
• Refrigerated benchtop centrifuges (Refrigerated centrifuges)
• Refrigerated benchtop centrifuges (Refrigerated swinging bucket centrifuges)
• Vacuum or rotary evaporators (Rotary evaporators)
• Liquid scintillation counters (Scintillation counters)
• Ion selective electrode ISE meters (Selective ion meters)
• Shaking incubators
• Vacuum or centrifugal concentrators (Speed vacs)
• Laboratory sprayers (Spray atomizers)
• Extracting equipment for laboratories (Steam distillation apparatus)
• Benchtop centrifuges (Tabletop centrifuges)
• Temperature cycling chambers or thermal cyclers (Thermal cyclers)
• Thinlayer chromatographs (Thin layer chromatography equipment)
• Microplates (Thin layer chromatography plates)
• Ultracentrifuges
• Ultra cold or ultralow upright cabinets or freezers (Ultralow freezers)
• Medical ultrasound or doppler or pulse echo or echography units for general diagnostic use (Ultrasound imaging scanners)
• Ultraviolet crosslinkers (Ultraviolet UV crosslinkers)
• Spectrophotometers (Ultraviolet-Visible UV/VIS spectrophotometers)
• Laboratory flasks (Volumetric flasks)
• Vortex mixers

Technologies Include:

• Analytical or scientific software

• BioArray Software Environment BASE software
• Medical Scientists HybridAI
• Medical Scientists MediSave
• PerkinElmer TurboMass
• Statistical software
• The MathWorks MATLAB
• Thermo ToxLab
• Triple G ULTRA Laboratory Information System
• Waters MassLynx
• Waters Millennium32
• Waters Q-DIS/QM LIMS

• Data base user interface and query software

• Database software
• Waters eLab Notebook
• Waters Empower 2

• Development environment software

• Microsoft Visual Basic

• Graphics or photo imaging software

• Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop software

• Presentation software

• Presentation software

• Spreadsheet software

• Microsoft Excel
• Spreadsheet software

• Word processing software

• Microsoft Word
• Word processing software

The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet291)