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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Microbiology Scientist” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #56 of 702. Estimated risk: 1.2%

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AI Exposure Risk

55%

“Microbiology 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%

“Microbiology 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

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

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

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

Technologies & Software

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

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