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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Biochemist” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #99 of 702. Estimated risk: 2.7%

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AI Exposure Risk

62%

“Biochemist” will maybe be replaced by AI.

Based on the cognitive demands, communication requirements, and logical reasoning intrinsic to this occupation according to O*NET data, we project a 62% probability of disruption by generative AI and Large Language Models.

Automation & Robot Risk

47%

“Biochemist” will probably not be replaced by robots.

Evaluating the physical dexterity, repetitive motion tasks, and manual labor associated with this role, our analysis indicates a 47% likelihood of substitution by advanced robotics systems.

Personal & Financial Insights

Every occupation has a unique profile. For Biochemists and Biophysicists, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET classify the day-to-day work broadly as: Study the chemical composition or physical principles of living cells and organisms, their electrical and mechanical energy, and related phenomena. May conduct research to further understanding of the complex chemical combinations and reactions involved in metabolism, reproduction, growth, and heredity. May determine the effects of foods, drugs, serums, hormones, and other substances on tissues and vital processes of living organisms.

Avg. Annual Salary $115,570
Avg. Hourly Wage $55.56
Available Jobs (US) 34,520
Job Title & Hierarchy Code (SOC) Biochemists and Biophysicists #19-1021
Wage vs. National Median
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Data is based on the reference occupation: “Biochemists and Biophysicists”

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Core Skills & Abilities

  • Isolate, analyze, or synthesize vitamins, hormones, allergens, minerals, or enzymes and determine their effects on body functions.

  • Develop or test new drugs or medications intended for commercial distribution.

  • Investigate the nature, composition, or expression of genes or research how genetic engineering can impact these processes.

  • Research transformations of substances in cells, using atomic isotopes.

  • Develop methods to process, store, or use foods, drugs, or chemical compounds.

  • Examine the molecular or chemical aspects of immune system functioning.

  • Share research findings by writing scientific articles or by making presentations at scientific conferences.

  • Determine the three-dimensional structure of biological macromolecules.

  • Study spatial configurations of submicroscopic molecules, such as proteins, using x-rays or electron microscopes.

  • Prepare pharmaceutical compounds for commercial distribution.

  • Produce pharmaceutically or industrially useful proteins, using recombinant DNA technology.

  • Develop new methods to study the mechanisms of biological processes.

  • Manage laboratory teams or monitor the quality of a team's work.

  • Research the chemical effects of substances, such as drugs, serums, hormones, or food, on tissues or vital processes.

  • Develop or execute tests to detect diseases, genetic disorders, or other abnormalities.

  • Design or perform experiments with equipment, such as lasers, accelerators, or mass spectrometers.

  • Prepare reports or recommendations, based upon research outcomes.

  • Research how characteristics of plants or animals are carried through successive generations.

  • Study physical principles of living cells or organisms and their electrical or mechanical energy, applying methods and knowledge of mathematics, physics, chemistry, or biology.

  • Teach or advise undergraduate or graduate students or supervise their research.

  • Write grant proposals to obtain funding for research.

  • Study the chemistry of living processes, such as cell development, breathing and digestion, or living energy changes, such as growth, aging, or death.

  • Study the mutations in organisms that lead to cancer or other diseases.

  • Design or build laboratory equipment needed for special research projects.

Technologies & Software

  • Internet browser software
  • Perl
  • Minitab
  • Molecular simulation software
  • Wavefunction Spartan
  • GE Healthcare ImageQuant TL
  • Crystallography & NMR System (CNS)
  • Mistral AI (chat/models)
  • Golden Helix HelixTree
  • Multivariate statistical program MVSP software
  • Nova (Amazon)
  • Golden Helix ChemTree
  • Macroscopic diffusion software
  • Molecular Networks GmbH Biochemical Pathways
  • Docking and ligand binding software
  • Expression DNA and protein sequence software
  • Presentation software
  • Crystallography software
  • Tripos SYBYL
  • Gemini (Google)
  • Word processing software
  • Voltage-gated ion channels software
  • Shrodinger Jaguar
  • Genetics computer group GSG software
  • Llama (Meta)
  • Yet another scientific artificial reality application YASARA software
  • Basic Local Alignment Search Tool BLAST
  • 3D graphics software
  • DeepSeek
  • Fujitsu MOPAC
  • ChatGPT (OpenAI)
  • Accelrys FELIX
  • Laboratory information management system LIMS
  • Consensus
  • AutoQuant AutoDeblur
  • Mistral (Mistral AI)
  • Accelrys QAUNTA
  • Chemistry at Harvard Molecular Mechanics CHARMm
  • SAP software
  • Grok (xAI)
  • Molecular Devices Corporation MetaFluor
  • Statistical software
  • IBM SPSS Statistics
  • Qwen (Alibaba)
  • NotebookLM (Google)
  • Gemini for Workspace
  • GEPASI
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Semantic Scholar AI
  • Microsoft Office software
  • ChemInnovation Software Chem 4-D
  • Gaussian software
  • Elsevier MDL ISIS/Draw
  • Dassault Systemes Abaqus
  • The MathWorks MATLAB
  • Kimi (Moonshot AI)
  • Accelrys Insight II
  • ESRI What if?
  • Claude (Anthropic)
  • Video analysis software
  • Analysis and building software
  • Carrier-mediated transport software
  • Linux
  • Semichem AMPAC
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • PREMIER Biosoft Array Designer
  • Microsoft Visio
  • Elicit
  • Assisted model building with energy refinement AMBER
  • R
  • Molecular Devices Corporation MetaMorph
  • Sequence database software
  • Perplexity AI
  • Electronic lab notebook software
  • Chang Bioscience ToolKit
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Python
  • Graphics software
  • Microsoft Word
  • SAS
  • Hodgkin-Huxley Model software
  • Fujitsu BioMedCache
  • Accelrys Cerius2
  • ItemTracker
  • Structure prediction software
  • Intelligent Imaging Innovations SlideBook
  • JustBio SeqPainter
  • Molecular Simulations WebLab ViewerPro
  • Scite AI
  • Wavefunction Titan
  • Email software
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Extensible markup language XML
  • Vacuum freezers
  • Transmission electron microscopes TEM
  • Liquid handling robots
  • Refrigerated centrifuges
  • Megafuge centrifuges
  • High-pressure high-temperature reactors
  • Top-loading electronic balances
  • Ultrasonic cleaners
  • Laboratory vacuum pumps
  • Biological safety hoods
  • Ultracentrifuges
  • Flow cytometers
  • Scintillation counters
  • Analytical balances
  • Desktop computers
  • Confocal microscopes
  • Binocular light compound microscopes
  • Rheometers
  • Liquid nuclear magnetic resonance NMR equipment
  • Protein sequencers
  • Automated electrophoresis equipment
  • Rotating anode X ray generators
  • Synchrotrons
  • Microscope slides
  • Mainframe computers
  • Optical tweezers
  • Shaking waterbaths
  • Hemoglobin analyzers
  • Graduated cylinders
  • Linear accelerators
  • Laser induced temperature jump nanosecond relaxation spectrometer systems
  • Glassware condensers
  • Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA sequencers
  • Lasers
  • Mossbauer spectroscopes
  • Ultramicrotomes
  • Differential scanning calorimeters
  • Video positioning equipment
  • Notebook computers
  • Capillary electrophoresis equipment
  • Flame ionization detectors FID
  • Phosphorimagers
  • Dual wavelength spectroscopes
  • Inverted microscopes
  • Flexi-dry lyophilizers
  • Homogenizers
  • Chemical fume hoods
  • Mass spectrometers
  • Laser printers
  • Spectropolarimeters
  • Neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet Nd:YAG lasers
  • Signal generators
  • Dichroic beamsplitters
  • Gas chromatographs GC
  • Gel boxes
  • Specific gravity balances
  • Tabletop centrifuges
  • Krypton lasers
  • Funnels
  • Fermenters
  • Microphysiometers
  • Langmuir balances
  • Automatic x ray film developers
  • Water baths
  • Nanoscopes
  • Amino acid analyzers
  • Fluorescence spectroscopes
  • Heat blocks
  • Pasteur pipettes
  • Microcentrifuges
  • Electron spin resonance spectroscopes
  • Beakers
  • Erlenmeyer flasks
  • Pipettes
  • Argon lasers
  • X ray crystallography equipment
  • Multichannel detectors
  • Gamma ray irradiators
  • Microplate readers
  • Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectroscopes
  • Chemistry analyzers
  • Heat incubators
  • Ultraviolet UV spectroscopes
  • Cryogenic freezers
  • Laser particle sizers
  • Microsusceptometers
  • Circular dichroism spectroscopes
  • Spectrophotometers
  • Microcalorimeters
  • Freeze dryers
  • Electroencephalography EEG equipment
  • Isothermal titration calorimeters ITC
  • Electron paramagnetic resonance EPR spectrometers
  • High-pressure liquid chromatographs
  • Charge-coupled device CCD cameras
  • Mettler balances
  • Cytospin centrifuges
  • Solid state diode lasers
  • Vibratome tissue sectioning systems
  • Sapphire lasers
  • Raman difference spectrometers
  • Autoclaves
  • Darkroom equipment
  • Personal computers
  • Spectrofluorimeters
  • Glassware adaptors
  • Laser Doppler zeta potential analyzers
  • Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectroscopes
  • Sartorius balances
  • Thermal imagers
  • Plotters
  • Solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance NMR equipment
  • Analytical ultracentrifuges
  • Laminar flow hoods
  • Viscometers
  • Medical magnetic resonance imaging MRI microscopes
  • Filtering funnels
  • Electrophoresis power supplies
  • Test tubes
  • Microinjectors
  • Magnetic tweezers
  • Scanners
  • Biofreezers
  • Sonicators
  • Carbon dioxide CO2 incubators
  • Cryotransmission electron microscopes
  • Large upright microscopes
  • Continuous flow centrifuges
  • Cryostat tissue microtomes
  • Circulating water cooling systems
  • Multi-angle elastic-light scattering systems
  • Magnetic piconewton-force transducers
  • Balances
  • Stopped-flow spectrophotometers
  • Atomic force microscopes
  • Heating mantles
  • Shaking incubators
  • Scanning laser microscopes
  • X ray microscopes
  • Peptide synthesizers
  • Ultraviolet UV transilluminators
  • Water purification units
  • Orbital shakers
  • Power amplifiers
  • Brewster angle microscopes
  • Auto gamma counters
  • Automatic pipetters
  • Video enhanced differential interference contrast microscopes
  • Microdosimeters
  • Hot plates
  • Electron microscopes
  • Near-field light microscopes
  • Transillumination microscopes
  • Medical magnetic resonance imaging MRI equipment
  • Incubators
  • pH meters
  • Laboratory convection ovens
  • Cryocut microtomes
  • Growth chambers
  • Basic vapor pressure osmometers
  • Positron emission tomography PET scanners
  • Light scattering devices
  • Computerized axial tomography CAT scan equipment
  • Scanning electron microscopes SEM
  • Sample concentrators
  • Cryomicroscopes
  • Cell sorters
  • Laser tweezers
  • Phosphorimager video cameras
  • Ionometers

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