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Bioinformatics Scientists
Conduct research using bioinformatics theory and methods in areas such as pharmaceuticals, medical technology, biotechnology, computational biology, proteomics, computer information science, biology and medical informatics. May design databases and develop algorithms for processing and analyzing genomic information, or other biological information.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Consult with researchers to analyze problems, recommend technology-based solutions, or determine computational strategies.People already use AI for this at work
- 02Provide statistical and computational tools for biologically based activities, such as genetic analysis, measurement of gene expression, or gene function determination.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 03Analyze large molecular datasets, such as raw microarray data, genomic sequence data, or proteomics data, for clinical or basic research purposes.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 04Create novel computational approaches and analytical tools as required by research goals.AI could speed this up a lot
- 05Compile data for use in activities, such as gene expression profiling, genome annotation, or structural bioinformatics.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 06Communicate research results through conference presentations, scientific publications, or project reports.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 07Test new and updated bioinformatics tools and software.People already use AI for this at work
- 08Design and apply bioinformatics algorithms including unsupervised and supervised machine learning, dynamic programming, or graphic algorithms.People already use AI for this at work
- 09Develop new software applications or customize existing applications to meet specific scientific project needs.People already use AI for this at work
- 10Manipulate publicly accessible, commercial, or proprietary genomic, proteomic, or post-genomic databases.People already use AI for this at work
Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.
Four studies, side by side
None is a forecast of job loss25%of this job’s work time goes to tasks that people already do with Claude at work, counting tasks where AI only helps as half (2026).Anthropic, 2026
71%of this job’s tasks an AI model could do in half the time, counting tasks that need extra tools as half (rated in 2023).Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, 2023
Above 77% of jobsin how often and how well AI helped with this job’s work in Microsoft Copilot chats (2024 data).Microsoft Research (Tomlinson et al.), 2025
Your human edge
AI touches every main task of this job in some way. Your edge is judgment: knowing when AI’s work is right, and checking it before it counts.