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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Clinical Laboratory Scientist (Clinical Lab Scientist)” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #56 of 702. Estimated risk: 1.2%

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AI Exposure Risk

55%

“Clinical Laboratory Scientist (Clinical Lab 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 55% probability of disruption by generative AI and Large Language Models.

Automation & Robot Risk

48%

“Clinical Laboratory Scientist (Clinical Lab 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 48% likelihood of substitution by advanced robotics systems.

Personal & Financial Insights

Every occupation has a unique profile. For Microbiologists, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET classify the day-to-day work broadly as: Investigate the growth, structure, development, and other characteristics of microscopic organisms, such as bacteria, algae, or fungi. Includes medical microbiologists who study the relationship between organisms and disease or the effects of antibiotics on microorganisms.

Avg. Annual Salary $95,200
Avg. Hourly Wage $45.77
Available Jobs (US) 19,760
Job Title & Hierarchy Code (SOC) Microbiologists #19-1022
Wage vs. National Median
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Data is based on the reference occupation: “Microbiologists”

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Core Skills & Abilities

  • Research use of bacteria and microorganisms to develop vitamins, antibiotics, amino acids, grain alcohol, sugars, and polymers.

  • Prepare technical reports and recommendations, based upon research outcomes.

  • Study the structure and function of human, animal, and plant tissues, cells, pathogens, and toxins.

  • Isolate and maintain cultures of bacteria or other microorganisms in prescribed or developed media, controlling moisture, aeration, temperature, and nutrition.

  • Monitor and perform tests on water, food, and the environment to detect harmful microorganisms or to obtain information about sources of pollution, contamination, or infection.

  • Observe action of microorganisms upon living tissues of plants, higher animals, and other microorganisms, and on dead organic matter.

  • Develop new products and procedures for sterilization, food and pharmaceutical supply preservation, or microbial contamination detection.

  • Supervise biological technologists and technicians and other scientists.

  • Study growth, structure, development, and general characteristics of bacteria and other microorganisms to understand their relationship to human, plant, and animal health.

  • Examine physiological, morphological, and cultural characteristics, using microscope, to identify and classify microorganisms in human, water, and food specimens.

  • Conduct chemical analyses of substances such as acids, alcohols, and enzymes.

  • Provide laboratory services for health departments, community environmental health programs, and physicians needing information for diagnosis and treatment.

  • Use a variety of specialized equipment, such as electron microscopes, gas and high-pressure liquid chromatographs, electrophoresis units, thermocyclers, fluorescence-activated cell sorters, and phosphorimagers.

  • Investigate the relationship between organisms and disease, including the control of epidemics and the effects of antibiotics on microorganisms.

Technologies & Software

  • Basic Local Alignment Search Tool BLAST
  • Gemini (Google)
  • Pathogen Modeling Program PMP
  • Email software
  • Mistral AI (chat/models)
  • TreeView
  • Proscan
  • DM2 Bills of Lading
  • PredictProtein
  • Computing Solutions LabSoft LIMS Micro
  • Consensus
  • Microsoft Word
  • NetLims AutoLims
  • ProtScale
  • PIBWin
  • Claude (Anthropic)
  • Perplexity AI
  • Computer Service & Support CLS-2000 Laboratory System
  • BD Biosciences CellQuest
  • Word processing software
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Image capture and analysis software
  • NotebookLM (Google)
  • WHONET
  • Genie Interactive
  • Codon Usage Database
  • Statistical software
  • DeepSeek
  • Verity Software House ModFit LT
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Laboratory information management system LIMS
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Gemini for Workspace
  • Gene Finder
  • Qwen (Alibaba)
  • Bruker Optics OPUS
  • Assistant Software for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Interpretation ASASI
  • Gene recognition software
  • Protein databases
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft Access
  • Grok (xAI)
  • FindTarget
  • SAP software
  • Semantic Scholar AI
  • BtB Software Mycobacteriology Lab
  • ChatGPT (OpenAI)
  • Web browser software
  • Scite AI
  • Kimi (Moonshot AI)
  • Orchard Software Orchard Harvest LIS
  • FramePlot
  • ComBase
  • Llama (Meta)
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Elicit
  • STARLIMS
  • Protein Explorer
  • BD Biosciences CloneCyt
  • Mistral (Mistral AI)
  • Database management software
  • PHYLIP
  • Nova (Amazon)
  • Water purification systems
  • Tissue homogenizers
  • Photomicroscopes
  • Magnetic laboratory stirrers
  • High-speed centrifuges
  • Fire extinguishers
  • Flow cytometers
  • Laboratory refrigerators
  • Respirators
  • Laboratory membrane filtering devices
  • Infrared IR spectrometers
  • Laboratory heat exchange condensing devices
  • Microcalorimeters
  • Culture tubes
  • Deionized DI water systems
  • Pipette pumps
  • Gel electrophoresis boxes
  • Autoclaves
  • Colony counters
  • Multiwell trays
  • Liquid nitrogen storage equipment
  • Petri dishes
  • Graduated glass laboratory cylinders
  • Shaking incubators
  • Electroporators
  • Automatic coverslipper
  • Gas-powered generators
  • Transilluminators
  • Protective gloves
  • Automatic pipetters
  • Ultraviolet UV lamps
  • Automated gram stainers
  • Orbital shaking incubators
  • Osmometers
  • Helium-neon lasers
  • Laboratory gas burners
  • Steroclaves
  • pH meters
  • Bioaerosol impactors
  • Argon lasers
  • Dissolved oxygen meters
  • Staining dishes
  • Transmission electron microscopes TEM
  • Recording thermometers
  • Raman spectrometers
  • Anaerobic growth chambers
  • Liquid chromatograph devices
  • Erlenmeyer flask clamps
  • Electronic sterilizers
  • Visible/UV light scanning spectrophotometers
  • Inoculating loops
  • Floor shakers
  • Conductivity meters
  • Water sample collection containers
  • Infrared gas analyzers
  • Sonicators
  • Erlenmeyer flasks
  • Charge coupled device CCD color digital cameras
  • Serology rotators
  • Bright field light microscopes
  • Mid-infrared spectrometers
  • Desktop centrifuges
  • Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA sequencers
  • Desktop computers
  • Automated microbial identification systems
  • Gel support frames
  • French presses
  • High pressure liquid chromatographs HPLC
  • Analytical balances
  • Biological safety hoods
  • Fecal coliform water baths
  • Gas chromatographs GC
  • Vortex mixers
  • Rotator mixers
  • Fluorescence activated cell sorters
  • Micromanipulators
  • Precision pan balances
  • Gel transfer apparatus
  • Safety glasses
  • Hardy Diagnostics HUGO
  • Bioreactors
  • Laboratory beakers
  • Test tube racks
  • Dissecting microscopes
  • Alcohol lamps
  • Bacteriological incubators
  • Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectrometers
  • Gel documentation systems
  • Sectioned petri plates
  • Heat blocks
  • Dropping pipettes
  • Phase contrast microscopes
  • Bubble counters
  • Rechargeable electronic pipette fillers
  • Personal computers
  • Electronic toploading balances
  • Automatic cell sorters
  • Drying ovens
  • Laser printers
  • Laboratory glassware washers
  • Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay ELISA plate readers
  • Laminar flow cabinets
  • Laboratory funnels
  • Ultra cold biological freezers
  • Impedance meters
  • Oil-immersion microscope lenses
  • Safety shoes
  • Orbital shaking water baths
  • Protective laboratory coats
  • 8-channel electronic pipettes
  • Notebook computers
  • Coplin jars
  • Multiplate readers
  • Membrane filtration systems
  • Laboratory vacuum pumps
  • Microscope slides
  • Semidry blotting apparatus
  • Dry bath incubators
  • Peristaltic pumps
  • Visible spectrometers
  • Liquid impingers
  • Prepared agar plates
  • Laboratory test tubes
  • Mass spectrometers
  • Freeze dryers
  • Culture bottles
  • X ray diffractometers
  • Dichotomous particulate matter samplers
  • Microcentrifuges
  • Chemical safety showers
  • Hybridization ovens
  • Ultracentrifuges
  • Micropipettes
  • Micro balances
  • Darkroom developing tanks
  • Fluorescent microscopes
  • Compound binocular light microscopes
  • Thermocyclers
  • Refrigerated benchtop centrifuges
  • Scanning electron microscopes SEM
  • Heating stirplates
  • Direct heat dry wall carbon dioxide CO2 incubators
  • HEPA filtered biosafety cabinets
  • Inverted microscopes
  • Refrigerated recirculating water baths
  • Bacticinerators
  • Eyewash fountains
  • Multistage agar impactors

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