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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “QA Microbiologist (Quality Assurance Microbiologist)” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #56 of 702. Estimated risk: 1.2%

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AI Exposure Risk

55%

“QA Microbiologist (Quality Assurance 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%

“QA Microbiologist (Quality Assurance 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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

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

Technologies & Software

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

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