Role
AI for Molecular Biologists
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
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Microsoft Excel
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MCP serverExcel
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Minitab
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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.
- Maintain accurate laboratory records and data.
- Design molecular or cellular laboratory experiments, oversee their execution, and interpret results.
- Write grant applications to obtain funding.
- Perform laboratory procedures following protocols including deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequencing, cloning and extraction, ribonucleic acid (RNA) purification, or gel electrophoresis.
- Conduct research on cell organization and function, including mechanisms of gene expression, cellular bioinformatics, cell signaling, or cell differentiation.
- Prepare or review reports, manuscripts, or meeting presentations.
- Instruct undergraduate and graduate students within the areas of cellular or molecular biology.
- Direct, coordinate, organize, or prioritize biological laboratory activities.
- Compile and analyze molecular or cellular experimental data and adjust experimental designs as necessary.
- Evaluate new technologies to enhance or complement current research.
- Provide scientific direction for project teams regarding the evaluation or handling of devices, drugs, or cells for in vitro and in vivo disease models.
- Supervise technical personnel and postdoctoral research fellows.
- Monitor or operate specialized equipment, such as gas chromatographs and high pressure liquid chromatographs, electrophoresis units, thermocyclers, fluorescence activated cell sorters, and phosphorimagers.
- Conduct applied research aimed at improvements in areas such as disease testing, crop quality, pharmaceuticals, and the harnessing of microbes to recycle waste.
- Develop guidelines for procedures such as the management of viruses.
- Develop assays that monitor cell characteristics.
- Coordinate molecular or cellular research activities with scientists specializing in other fields.
- Verify all financial, physical, and human resources assigned to research or development projects are used as planned.
- 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.
- Evaluate new supplies and equipment to ensure operability in specific laboratory settings.
- Confer with vendors to evaluate new equipment or reagents or to discuss the customization of product lines to meet user requirements.
- Design databases, such as mutagenesis libraries.
