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Automation Risk Analysis

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

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #56 of 702. Estimated risk: 1.2%

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AI Exposure Risk

55%

“Medical Lab Scientist (Medical Laboratory 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%

“Medical Lab Scientist (Medical Laboratory 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

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

  • Supervise biological technologists and technicians and other scientists.

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

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

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

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

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

Technologies & Software

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

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