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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Research Associate” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #56 of 702. Estimated risk: 1.2%

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AI Exposure Risk

55%

“Research Associate” 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%

“Research Associate” 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

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

  • 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.

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

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

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  • Inverted microscopes
  • Transmission electron microscopes TEM
  • Automated gram stainers
  • Recording thermometers
  • Micromanipulators
  • Magnetic laboratory stirrers
  • Orbital shaking water baths
  • Shaking incubators
  • Coplin jars
  • Precision pan balances
  • Bioaerosol impactors
  • Respirators
  • Argon lasers
  • Liquid nitrogen storage equipment
  • Staining dishes
  • Phase contrast microscopes
  • Bubble counters
  • Heating stirplates
  • Laboratory funnels
  • Automatic pipetters
  • Microcalorimeters
  • Fluorescent microscopes
  • Bright field light microscopes
  • Culture tubes
  • Refrigerated benchtop centrifuges
  • Dissecting microscopes
  • Orbital shaking incubators
  • Visible/UV light scanning spectrophotometers
  • Fluorescence activated cell sorters
  • Gel transfer apparatus
  • Alcohol lamps
  • Sectioned petri plates
  • HEPA filtered biosafety cabinets
  • Heat blocks
  • Ultra cold biological freezers
  • Flow cytometers
  • Automatic coverslipper
  • Micropipettes
  • Rotator mixers
  • Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA sequencers
  • Electronic sterilizers
  • Darkroom developing tanks
  • Laboratory vacuum pumps
  • Mid-infrared spectrometers
  • Photomicroscopes
  • Protective gloves
  • Petri dishes
  • Gel electrophoresis boxes
  • French presses
  • Microcentrifuges
  • Laboratory glassware washers
  • Multiplate readers
  • Compound binocular light microscopes
  • Biological safety hoods
  • Chemical safety showers
  • Erlenmeyer flasks
  • Charge coupled device CCD color digital cameras
  • Test tube racks
  • Direct heat dry wall carbon dioxide CO2 incubators
  • Water purification systems
  • Peristaltic pumps
  • Protective laboratory coats
  • Laboratory gas burners
  • Micro balances
  • Vortex mixers
  • Osmometers
  • Anaerobic growth chambers
  • Visible spectrometers
  • Liquid chromatograph devices
  • Notebook computers
  • Dissolved oxygen meters
  • Refrigerated recirculating water baths
  • Infrared gas analyzers
  • Laminar flow cabinets
  • Conductivity meters
  • Safety glasses
  • Sonicators
  • Colony counters
  • Hybridization ovens
  • Automated microbial identification systems
  • Laboratory membrane filtering devices
  • 8-channel electronic pipettes
  • Safety shoes
  • Eyewash fountains
  • Electronic toploading balances
  • Electroporators
  • Steroclaves
  • Multistage agar impactors
  • Autoclaves
  • Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay ELISA plate readers
  • Desktop centrifuges
  • Graduated glass laboratory cylinders
  • X ray diffractometers
  • Prepared agar plates
  • Erlenmeyer flask clamps
  • Helium-neon lasers
  • Mass spectrometers
  • Dry bath incubators
  • Rechargeable electronic pipette fillers
  • Multiwell trays
  • Infrared IR spectrometers
  • Pipette pumps
  • Drying ovens
  • Analytical balances
  • Gas chromatographs GC
  • Bacticinerators
  • Culture bottles
  • Microscope slides
  • Gas-powered generators
  • Laser printers
  • High-speed centrifuges
  • Automatic cell sorters
  • Fecal coliform water baths
  • Thermocyclers
  • pH meters
  • Gel documentation systems
  • Dichotomous particulate matter samplers
  • Semidry blotting apparatus
  • Personal computers
  • High pressure liquid chromatographs HPLC
  • Water sample collection containers
  • Fire extinguishers
  • Freeze dryers
  • Impedance meters
  • Scanning electron microscopes SEM
  • Tissue homogenizers
  • Liquid impingers
  • Oil-immersion microscope lenses
  • Desktop computers
  • Laboratory beakers
  • Dropping pipettes
  • Gel support frames
  • Bacteriological incubators
  • Laboratory heat exchange condensing devices
  • Floor shakers
  • Transilluminators
  • Laboratory refrigerators
  • Bioreactors
  • Ultraviolet UV lamps
  • Raman spectrometers
  • Ultracentrifuges
  • Deionized DI water systems
  • Laboratory test tubes
  • Serology rotators
  • Inoculating loops
  • Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectrometers

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