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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.

  • Prepare pharmaceutical compounds for commercial distribution.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Write grant proposals to obtain funding for research.

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

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

  • Determine the three-dimensional structure of biological macromolecules.

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

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

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

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

  • Prepare reports or recommendations, based upon research outcomes.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Technologies & Software

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

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