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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Virologist” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #56 of 702. Estimated risk: 1.2%

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AI Exposure Risk

55%

“Virologist” 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%

“Virologist” 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.

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

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

  • Supervise biological technologists and technicians and other scientists.

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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