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AI for Biologists

Robert MacKelfresh

By Robert MacKelfresh

Founder, Automation Squad

Research or study basic principles of plant and animal life, such as origin, relationship, development, anatomy, and functions.

Biologists · O*NET 19-1029.04 · Job Zone 5 · sourced from the U.S. Department of Labor occupation database

Automation coverage

11 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

21 matched to the tools biologists use. Showing 21.

The tools this job actually uses

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

  • Adobe Photoshophot
  • Chot
  • ESRI ArcGIS softwarehot
  • IBM SPSS Statisticshot
  • Linuxhot
  • Microsoft Accesshot
  • Microsoft Excelhot
  • Microsoft Office softwarehot
  • Microsoft PowerPointhot
  • Microsoft Wordhot
  • Oracle Javahot
  • Perlhot
  • Pythonhot
  • Rhot
  • Structured query language SQLhot
  • The MathWorks MATLABhot
  • UNIXhot
  • Agilent Technologies GeneSpring GX
  • Basic Local Alignment Search Tool BLAST
  • BioKin PlateKi
  • BLAT
  • Blue Tractor Software DNADynamo
  • CUBIC
  • Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA sequence analysis software
  • EMBOSS
  • EnzymeX
  • Excavator
  • FASTA
  • FoldX
  • Gene Codes Sequencher
  • Geographic information system GIS software
  • Ingenuity Systems Ingenuity Pathways Analysis
  • JaMBW
  • Joint Prediction of Operons JPOP
  • MacVector
  • Meyer Instruments Optimas
  • Minitab
  • NAMD
  • National Instruments LabVIEW
  • Partek Incorporated Partek Genomics Suite

What this job involves

23 documented tasks, most important first. Showing 23.

  1. Research environmental effects of present and potential uses of land and water areas, determining methods of improving environmental conditions or such outputs as crop yields.
  2. Program and use computers to store, process, and analyze data.
  3. Prepare technical and research reports, such as environmental impact reports, and communicate the results to individuals in industry, government, or the general public.
  4. Supervise biological technicians and technologists and other scientists.
  5. Develop and maintain liaisons and effective working relations with groups and individuals, agencies, and the public to encourage cooperative management strategies or to develop information and interpret findings.
  6. Identify, classify, and study structure, behavior, ecology, physiology, nutrition, culture, and distribution of plant and animal species.
  7. Study basic principles of plant and animal life, such as origin, relationship, development, anatomy, and function.
  8. Collect and analyze biological data about relationships among and between organisms and their environment.
  9. Review reports and proposals, such as those relating to land use classifications and recreational development, for accuracy, adequacy, or adherence to policies, regulations, or scientific standards.
  10. Study aquatic plants and animals and environmental conditions affecting them, such as radioactivity or pollution.
  11. Study and manage wild animal populations.
  12. Write grant proposals to obtain funding for biological research.
  13. Prepare plans for management of renewable resources.
  14. Teach or supervise students and perform research at universities and colleges.
  15. Prepare requests for proposals or statements of work.
  16. Measure salinity, acidity, light, oxygen content, and other physical conditions of water to determine their relationship to aquatic life.
  17. Develop pest management and control measures, and conduct risk assessments related to pest exclusion, using scientific methods.
  18. Communicate test results to state and federal representatives and general public.
  19. Develop methods and apparatus for securing representative plant, animal, aquatic, or soil samples.
  20. Represent employer in a technical capacity at conferences.
  21. Plan and administer biological research programs for government, research firms, medical industries, or manufacturing firms.
  22. Study reactions of plants, animals, and marine species to parasites.
  23. Inventory and order lab supplies.