该小组履行以下部分或全部职责：

生物学家

• 规划和开展环境研究，以及植物和动物的种群、分布、结构和功能特征以及行为研究
• 进行生态和环境影响研究并准备报告
• 研究、鉴定和分类植物和动物标本
• 进行植物或动物生长、遗传和育种方面的实验
• 准备可再生资源管理报告和计划
• 可以监督生物技术专家和技术人员以及其他科学家。

微生物学家和细胞和分子生物学家

• 对微生物（包括细菌、真菌、原生动物和藻类）的结构、功能、生态学、生物技术和遗传学进行研究
• 对人类、动物和植物组织和细胞的结构和功能进行研究
• 对人类、植物和动物病原体和毒素的鉴定、影响和控制进行研究
• 进行临床或实验室研究，以测试、评估和筛选用于生物医学应用的药物、药物和纳米粒子
• 在基因表达、基因操作和重组 DNA 技术方面进行分子或生化研究和实验，以开发新的或替代的产品生产方法
• 进行生物技术研究，以发现、开发、改进和评估新产品
• 可参与新产品商业化
• 可以监督生物技术专家和技术人员以及其他科学家
• 可以使用计算机建模技术进行生物统计数据分析。

• 生物学家需要生物学或相关学科的学士学位。
• 从事生物学研究的科学家需要生物学或相关学科的硕士或博士学位。
• 在学术部门或研究机构就业之前，通常需要博士后研究经验。
• 生物学家在艾伯塔省和不列颠哥伦比亚省受到监管。

• 生物学家和相关科学家可能专攻宏观层面，如植物学、动物学、生态学和海洋生物学等领域，或在细胞和分子层面，如遗传学、免疫学、药理学、毒理学、生理学、病理学、细菌学、病毒学、生物技术和生物信息学。

• 建筑和科学经理 ( 20011)
• 生物化学家（在21101 化学家中）
• 临床和实验室医学专家（31100）

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

Biologists

• Plan and conduct studies of the environment, and of the population, distribution, structure and functional characteristics and behaviour of plants and animals
• Conduct ecological and environmental impact studies and prepare reports
• Study, identify and classify plant and animal specimens
• Conduct experiments in plant or animal growth, heredity and breeding
• Prepare reports and plans for management of renewable resources
• May supervise biological technologists and technicians and other scientists.

Microbiologists and cell and molecular biologists

• Conduct research into the structure, function, ecology, biotechnology and genetics of micro-organisms, including bacteria, fungi, protozoans, and algae
• Conduct research into the structure and functioning of human, animal and plant tissues and cells
• Conduct studies into the identification, effects and control of human, plant and animal pathogens and toxins
• Conduct clinical or laboratory studies to test, evaluate and screen drugs, pharmaceuticals and nanoparticles used in biomedical applications
• Conduct molecular or biochemical studies and experiments in genetic expression, gene manipulation and recombinant DNA technology to develop new or alternative methods of producing products
• Conduct research in biotechnology to discover, develop and refine, and evaluate new products
• May participate in the commercialization of new products
• May supervise biological technologists and technicians and other scientists
• May conduct biostatistical data analysis using computer modelling techniques.

• A bachelor's degree in biology or in a related discipline is required for biologists.
• A master's or doctoral degree in biology or a related discipline is required for employment as a research scientist in biology.
• Post-doctoral research experience is usually required before employment in academic departments or research institutions.
• Biologists are regulated in Alberta and British Columbia.

• Biologists and related scientists may specialize at the macroscopic level, in fields such as botany, zoology, ecology and marine biology or, at the cellular and molecular level, in fields such as genetics, immunology, pharmacology, toxicology, physiology, pathology, bacteriology, virology, biotechnology and bioinformatics.

• Architecture and science managers (20011)
• Biochemist (in 21101 Chemists)
• Specialists in clinical and laboratory medicine (31100)