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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Microbiological Analyst” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #56 of 702. Estimated risk: 1.2%

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AI Exposure Risk

55%

“Microbiological Analyst” 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%

“Microbiological Analyst” 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.

  • 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.

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

  • Supervise biological technologists and technicians and other scientists.

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

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

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

Technologies & Software

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

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