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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Biological Chemist” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #99 of 702. Estimated risk: 2.7%

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AI Exposure Risk

62%

“Biological Chemist” 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%

“Biological Chemist” 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

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

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

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

  • Determine the three-dimensional structure of biological macromolecules.

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

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

  • Prepare pharmaceutical compounds for commercial distribution.

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

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

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

  • 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.

  • Prepare reports or recommendations, based upon research outcomes.

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

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

  • Write grant proposals to obtain funding for research.

  • 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.

Technologies & Software

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

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