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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Protein Biochemistry Scientist” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #99 of 702. Estimated risk: 2.7%

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AI Exposure Risk

62%

“Protein Biochemistry Scientist” 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%

“Protein Biochemistry Scientist” 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 or execute tests to detect diseases, genetic disorders, or other abnormalities.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Prepare reports or recommendations, based upon research outcomes.

  • Determine the three-dimensional structure of biological macromolecules.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Write grant proposals to obtain funding for research.

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

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

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