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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

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

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

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

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

  • Determine the three-dimensional structure of biological macromolecules.

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

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

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

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

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

  • Write grant proposals to obtain funding for research.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Prepare pharmaceutical compounds for commercial distribution.

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

  • Prepare reports or recommendations, based upon research outcomes.

Technologies & Software

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

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