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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Physical Biochemist” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #99 of 702. Estimated risk: 2.7%

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AI Exposure Risk

62%

“Physical 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%

“Physical 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Determine the three-dimensional structure of biological macromolecules.

  • 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.

  • Prepare pharmaceutical compounds for commercial distribution.

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

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

Technologies & Software

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

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