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Bioinformatics Technicians
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.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Conduct quality analyses of data inputs and resulting analyses or predictions.People already use AI for this at work
- 02Confer with researchers, clinicians, or information technology staff to determine data needs and programming requirements and to provide assistance with database-related research activities.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 03Analyze or manipulate bioinformatics data using software packages, statistical applications, or data mining techniques.AI could speed this up a lot
- 04Document all database changes, modifications, or problems.People already use AI for this at work
- 05Monitor database performance and perform any necessary maintenance, upgrades, or repairs.People already use AI for this at work
- 06Participate in the preparation of reports or scientific publications.AI could speed this up a lot
- 07Maintain awareness of new and emerging computational methods and technologies.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 08Test new or updated software or tools and provide feedback to developers.AI could speed this up a lot
- 09Confer with database users about project timelines and changes.Mostly human for now
- 10Create data management or error-checking procedures and user manuals.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 loss48%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
87%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 96% 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
The main tasks with no real AI use seen and no big speed-up expected. This is where your skill counts most today.
- Confer with database users about project timelines and changes.
AI tools for your work
Official connectors that let an AI assistant work inside the apps data analysts use. Each is made by the app’s own maker.