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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Quality Control Microbiologist (QC Microbiologist)” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #56 of 702. Estimated risk: 1.2%

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AI Exposure Risk

55%

“Quality Control Microbiologist (QC 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%

“Quality Control Microbiologist (QC 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

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

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

Technologies & Software

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

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