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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.

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

Technologies & Software

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

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