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Livestock Geneticist

Geneticists research and study the inheritance of traits at the molecular, organismal or population level. 

Primary Duties:

  • Collaborate with biologists and other professionals to conduct appropriate genetic and biochemical analyses.
  • Maintain laboratory notebooks that record research methods, procedures, and results.
  • Prepare results of experimental findings for presentation at professional conferences or in scientific journals.
  • Search scientific literature to select and modify methods and procedures most appropriate for genetic research goals.
  • Supervise or direct the work of other geneticists, biologists, or technicians working on genetics research projects.
  • Attend clinical and research conferences and read scientific literature.
  • Evaluate genetic data by performing appropriate mathematical or statistical calculations and analyses.
  • Review, approve, or interpret genetic laboratory results.
  • Maintain laboratory safety programs and train personnel in laboratory safety techniques.
  • Create or use statistical models for the analysis of genetic data.
  • Design and maintain genetics computer databases.
  • Write grants and papers or attend fundraising events to seek research funds.
  • Analyze determinants responsible for specific inherited traits, and devise methods for altering traits or producing new traits.
  • Geneticists in academia teach university students, supervise lab activities, as well as conduct and publish their own research findings.

Education and Training:
Undergraduate degree in Biology, Microbiologist and Cell and Molecular Biology, or other related biology science is required. Most geneticists earn doctoral degree.

Salary and Wages:
Average hours worked: 38.9 hours per week
Average wage: $40.98 per hour
Average salary (Alberta): $82,460.00 per annum

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