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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Molecular Biologist” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #99 of 702. Estimated risk: 2.7%

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AI Exposure Risk

62%

“Molecular Biologist” 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%

“Molecular Biologist” 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

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

  • Write grant proposals to obtain funding for research.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Prepare pharmaceutical compounds for commercial distribution.

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

  • Determine the three-dimensional structure of biological macromolecules.

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

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

  • Teach or advise undergraduate or graduate students or supervise their 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 physical principles of living cells or organisms and their electrical or mechanical energy, applying methods and knowledge of mathematics, physics, chemistry, or biology.

  • 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.

  • Prepare reports or recommendations, based upon research outcomes.

Technologies & Software

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

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