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title: Blog - Synthace | Markus Gershater, PhD
description: "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."
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# Posts by Markus Gershater, PhD
Design of Experiments (DOE)
## [Why Quality by Design (QbD) is vital for pharmaceutical R&D](https://www.synthace.com/blog/quality-by-design-qbd-guide)
Understand Quality by Design (QbD), the key jargon surrounding it, plus learn why it’s so important to bake into your development processes from the start.
Michael "Sid" Sadowski, PhD ** 9 min
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Select a Topic Applications Change management Data Design of Experiments (DOE) Digital experiment model Engineering Lab automation Lab of the Future Opinion People Platform updates
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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.
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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
** 5 min
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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
** 5 min
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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
** 8 min
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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
** 8 min
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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
** 2 min
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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
** 8 min
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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
** 5 min
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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
** 7 min
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Opinion
## COVID vaccine development was astonishing, but it's not over
Our CSO and Co-Founder discusses the astounding pace of the COVID vaccine development and how we need to apply what we've learned to future R&D.
Markus Gershater, PhD
** 7 min
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