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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

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

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

Technologies & Software

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

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