How do they match: Geneticists

  • Analyze determinants responsible for specific inherited traits, and devise methods for altering traits or producing new traits.
  • Collaborate with biologists and other professionals to conduct appropriate genetic and biochemical analyses.
  • Confer with information technology specialists to develop computer applications for genetic data analysis.
  • Create or use statistical models for the analysis of genetic data.
  • Evaluate genetic data by performing appropriate mathematical or statistical calculations and analyses.
  • Extract deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) or perform diagnostic tests involving processes such as gel electrophoresis, Southern blot analysis, and polymerase chain reaction analysis.
  • Instruct medical students, graduate students, or others in methods or procedures for diagnosis and management of genetic disorders.

  • Analyze biological samples.