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AI for Bioinformatics Technicians

Robert MacKelfresh

By Robert MacKelfresh

Founder, Automation Squad

Apply principles and methods of bioinformatics to assist scientists in areas such as pharmaceuticals, medical technology, biotechnology, computational biology, proteomics, computer information science, biology and medical informatics. Apply bioinformatics tools to visualize, analyze, manipulate or interpret molecular data. May build and maintain databases for processing and analyzing genomic or other biological information.

Bioinformatics Technicians · O*NET 15-2099.01 · Job Zone 4 · sourced from the U.S. Department of Labor occupation database

Automation coverage

18 of 40tools on this list have an AI solution available today

Counted by matching the tools this occupation is documented as using against a corpus of 226,452 AI products, MCP servers, skills and connectors. Where a tool has no match, we say so rather than inventing one.

AI you can use for this job

47 matched to the tools bioinformatics technicians use. Showing 24.

The tools this job actually uses

47 documented for this occupation. Showing 40, hot technologies first. A filled dot means an AI solution exists for it.

  • Apache Subversion SVNhot
  • Chot
  • Chot
  • Githot
  • Hypertext markup language HTMLhot
  • IBM SPSS Statisticshot
  • Jenkins CIhot
  • Linuxhot
  • Microsoft Accesshot
  • Microsoft Excelhot
  • Microsoft Office softwarehot
  • Microsoft Outlookhot
  • Microsoft PowerPointhot
  • Microsoft SharePointhot
  • Microsoft SQL Serverhot
  • Microsoft Visiohot
  • Microsoft Windowshot
  • Microsoft Wordhot
  • MySQLhot
  • Oracle Databasehot
  • Oracle Javahot
  • Perlhot
  • Pythonhot
  • Rhot
  • Rubyhot
  • SAP softwarehot
  • SAShot
  • Structured query language SQLhot
  • The MathWorks MATLABhot
  • Atlassian Bamboo
  • Avaya Identity Engines
  • Basic Local Alignment Search Tool BLAST
  • Bioconductor
  • Bowtie
  • Burrows-Wheeler Aligner BWA
  • ClustalW
  • Cufflinks
  • Data visualization software
  • Esri ArcGIS
  • Genome Analysis Toolkit GATK

What this job involves

19 documented tasks, most important first. Showing 19.

  1. Analyze or manipulate bioinformatics data using software packages, statistical applications, or data mining techniques.
  2. Extend existing software programs, web-based interactive tools, or database queries as sequence management and analysis needs evolve.
  3. Develop or apply data mining and machine learning algorithms.
  4. Maintain awareness of new and emerging computational methods and technologies.
  5. Design or implement web-based tools for querying large-scale biological databases.
  6. Conduct quality analyses of data inputs and resulting analyses or predictions.
  7. Enter or retrieve information from structural databases, protein sequence motif databases, mutation databases, genomic databases or gene expression databases.
  8. Develop or maintain applications that process biologically based data into searchable databases for purposes of analysis, calculation, or presentation.
  9. Confer with researchers, clinicians, or information technology staff to determine data needs and programming requirements and to provide assistance with database-related research activities.
  10. Participate in the preparation of reports or scientific publications.
  11. Monitor database performance and perform any necessary maintenance, upgrades, or repairs.
  12. Confer with database users about project timelines and changes.
  13. Write computer programs or scripts to be used in querying databases.
  14. Document all database changes, modifications, or problems.
  15. Create data management or error-checking procedures and user manuals.
  16. Perform routine system administrative functions, such as troubleshooting, back-ups, or upgrades.
  17. Package bioinformatics data for submission to public repositories.
  18. Train bioinformatics staff or researchers in the use of databases.
  19. Test new or updated software or tools and provide feedback to developers.
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