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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

  • 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.

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

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

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

  • Write grant proposals to obtain funding for research.

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

  • Prepare reports or recommendations, based upon research outcomes.

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

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

  • 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.

  • Prepare pharmaceutical compounds for commercial distribution.

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

  • Determine the three-dimensional structure of biological macromolecules.

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

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

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

Technologies & Software

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

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