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AI for Molecular Biologists

Robert MacKelfresh

By Robert MacKelfresh

Founder, Automation Squad

Research and study cellular molecules and organelles to understand cell function and organization.

Molecular and Cellular Biologists · O*NET 19-1029.02 · Job Zone 5 · sourced from the U.S. Department of Labor occupation database

Automation coverage

9 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 molecular and cellular biologists use. Showing 21.

The tools this job actually uses

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

  • Adobe Illustratorhot
  • Chot
  • Githot
  • Microsoft Accesshot
  • Microsoft Excelhot
  • Microsoft Office softwarehot
  • Microsoft PowerPointhot
  • Microsoft Wordhot
  • Pythonhot
  • Rhot
  • The MathWorks MATLABhot
  • AcaClone pDRAW32
  • Agilent CGH Analytics
  • Agilent Technologies GeneSpring GX
  • Basic Local Alignment Search Tool BLAST
  • Blast Output Browser BOB
  • ClustalW
  • Corel CorelDraw Graphics Suite
  • Corel WordPerfect Office Suite
  • CRI-MAP
  • Delila
  • Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA libraries
  • EnzymeX
  • FASTA
  • FASTLINK
  • Gene Recognition and Assembly Internet Link GRAIL
  • Genotyping software
  • Geospiza GeneSifter
  • GraphPad Software GraphPad Prism
  • Laboratory information management system LIMS
  • Magma Design Automation software
  • Mathsoft Mathcad
  • Mendel
  • Michigan State University MSU ProFlex
  • Minitab
  • Molecular Devices Corporation MetaMorph
  • NetPrimer
  • PHYLIP
  • Primer3
  • RasMol

What this job involves

22 documented tasks, most important first. Showing 22.

  1. Maintain accurate laboratory records and data.
  2. Design molecular or cellular laboratory experiments, oversee their execution, and interpret results.
  3. Write grant applications to obtain funding.
  4. Perform laboratory procedures following protocols including deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequencing, cloning and extraction, ribonucleic acid (RNA) purification, or gel electrophoresis.
  5. Conduct research on cell organization and function, including mechanisms of gene expression, cellular bioinformatics, cell signaling, or cell differentiation.
  6. Prepare or review reports, manuscripts, or meeting presentations.
  7. Instruct undergraduate and graduate students within the areas of cellular or molecular biology.
  8. Direct, coordinate, organize, or prioritize biological laboratory activities.
  9. Compile and analyze molecular or cellular experimental data and adjust experimental designs as necessary.
  10. Evaluate new technologies to enhance or complement current research.
  11. Provide scientific direction for project teams regarding the evaluation or handling of devices, drugs, or cells for in vitro and in vivo disease models.
  12. Supervise technical personnel and postdoctoral research fellows.
  13. Monitor or operate specialized equipment, such as gas chromatographs and high pressure liquid chromatographs, electrophoresis units, thermocyclers, fluorescence activated cell sorters, and phosphorimagers.
  14. Conduct applied research aimed at improvements in areas such as disease testing, crop quality, pharmaceuticals, and the harnessing of microbes to recycle waste.
  15. Develop guidelines for procedures such as the management of viruses.
  16. Develop assays that monitor cell characteristics.
  17. Coordinate molecular or cellular research activities with scientists specializing in other fields.
  18. Verify all financial, physical, and human resources assigned to research or development projects are used as planned.
  19. Participate in all levels of bioproduct development, including proposing new products, performing market analyses, designing and performing experiments, and collaborating with operations and quality control teams during product launches.
  20. Evaluate new supplies and equipment to ensure operability in specific laboratory settings.
  21. Confer with vendors to evaluate new equipment or reagents or to discuss the customization of product lines to meet user requirements.
  22. Design databases, such as mutagenesis libraries.