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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Pharmaceutical Microbiologist” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #56 of 702. Estimated risk: 1.2%

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AI Exposure Risk

55%

“Pharmaceutical 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%

“Pharmaceutical 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

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

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

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

Technologies & Software

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

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