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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Medical Microbiologist” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #56 of 702. Estimated risk: 1.2%

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AI Exposure Risk

55%

“Medical Microbiologist” 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 Microbiologist” 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

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

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

  • Supervise biological technologists and technicians and other scientists.

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

Technologies & Software

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

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