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      About the Author

      Markus is a co-founder of Synthace and one of the UK’s leading visionaries for how we, as a society, can do better biology. Originally establishing Synthace as a synthetic biology company, he was struck with the conviction that so much potential progress is held back by tedious, one-dimensional, error-prone, manual work. Instead, what if we could lift the whole experimental cycle into the cloud and make software and machines carry more of the load? He’s been answering this question ever since.

      Markus holds a PhD in Plant Biochemistry from Durham University. He was previously a research associate in synthetic biology at University College London and a Biotransformation Scientist at Novacta Biosystems.

      Lab of the Future

      How AI is (so close to) transforming drug discovery

      Markus Gershater covers the problems that AI is solving and creating in drug discovery—and how multivariate datasets could unlock true transformation.
      Markus Gershater, PhD
      Markus Gershater, PhD
       5 min
      Data

      AI won't change biology unless we change with it

      As the AI hype continues, Markus Gershater calls out the pink elephant in the room. He spells out what needs to change for AI to unlock true ...
      Markus Gershater, PhD
      Markus Gershater, PhD
       5 min
      Opinion

      We need biology in the fight against climate change.

      Biology could be one of the most powerful technologies available to help arrest the devastation of climate change - so what's stopping us?
      Markus Gershater, PhD
      Markus Gershater, PhD
       8 min
      Featured

      Bioscience experiments are too difficult

      Why are experiments difficult? Most biologists I know never ask this question because it’s their lived reality.
      Markus Gershater, PhD
      Markus Gershater, PhD
       9 min
      Lab of the Future

      Old lab software can't solve today's R&D problems

      Lab software helps your lab. But is it helping your experiments? We dive into the problems that existing lab software can’t solve & why this hurts science.
      Markus Gershater, PhD
      Markus Gershater, PhD
       8 min
      Digital experiment model

      Why biology needs a digital model for experiments

      A digital experiment model is a powerful, unified blueprint. it's a shared way to conceive of and run experiments that we used to think were impossible.
      Markus Gershater, PhD
      Markus Gershater, PhD
       2 min
      Design of Experiments (DOE)

      High Dimensional Experimentation: a new era for assay development

      What comes after Design of Experiments? The short answer is HDE, or High Dimensional Experimentation, and it's going to revolutionize assay development.
      Markus Gershater, PhD
      Markus Gershater, PhD
       8 min
      Data

      Are ELNs a Dead End?

      The short answer is: yes, and it’s a serious problem in life sciences R&D. How do we make our data less fragile and move past our dependency on ELNs?
      Markus Gershater, PhD
      Markus Gershater, PhD
       5 min
      People

      Too many hats: How biology drains biologists

      How biology drains biologists - Markus Gershater's analysis of why biology can be such a draining profession to pursue.
      Markus Gershater, PhD
      Markus Gershater, PhD
       7 min