Provide scientific direction for project teams regarding the evaluation or handling of devices, drugs, or cells for in vitro and in vivo disease models.

“Provide scientific direction for project teams regarding the evaluation or handling of devices, drugs, or cells for in vitro and in vivo disease models.” is a core task performed by Molecular and Cellular Biologists. Among the occupation's 22 rated tasks, workers place it 12th by importance (#11 most important). About 100% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Direct scientific or technical activities. in Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E2. Exposure with tools — software built on top of a language model (not the model alone) could cut the time by at least half.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.50. Automation potential label: T1.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Maintain accurate laboratory records and data. · importance 4.7
• Design molecular or cellular laboratory experiments, oversee their execution, and interpret results. · importance 4.5
• Write grant applications to obtain funding. · importance 4.4
• Perform laboratory procedures following protocols including deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequencing, cloning and extraction, ribonucleic acid (RNA) purification, or gel electrophoresis. · importance 4.3
• Conduct research on cell organization and function, including mechanisms of gene expression, cellular bioinformatics, cell signaling, or cell differentiation. · importance 4.3
• Prepare or review reports, manuscripts, or meeting presentations. · importance 4.2
• Instruct undergraduate and graduate students within the areas of cellular or molecular biology. · importance 4.2
• Direct, coordinate, organize, or prioritize biological laboratory activities. · importance 4.2
• Compile and analyze molecular or cellular experimental data and adjust experimental designs as necessary. · importance 4.1
• Evaluate new technologies to enhance or complement current research. · importance 4.1
• Supervise technical personnel and postdoctoral research fellows. · importance 4.0
• Monitor or operate specialized equipment, such as gas chromatographs and high pressure liquid chromatographs, electrophoresis units, thermocyclers, fluorescence activated cell sorters, and phosphorimagers. · importance 3.8
• Conduct applied research aimed at improvements in areas such as disease testing, crop quality, pharmaceuticals, and the harnessing of microbes to recycle waste. · importance 3.5
• Develop guidelines for procedures such as the management of viruses. · importance 3.5

See all tasks on the Molecular and Cellular Biologists page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

@misc{singulariki-task-16804,
  title  = {Provide scientific direction for project teams regarding the evaluation or handling of devices, drugs, or cells for in vitro and in vivo disease models.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-16804}
}