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Glen Gowers

Co-Founder & CEO

Basecamp Research

Glen Gowers is the CEO and Co-Founder of Basecamp Research, a pioneering company addressing critical challenges in the life sciences by exploring the vast potential of uncharted biology. Basecamp Research operates the world’s largest commercial biodiversity discovery program, spanning five continents. Leveraging this ethically-sourced, evolutionary dataset, the company has developed the EDEN foundational models for drug development. EDEN is the first AI model to demonstrate programmable gene insertion, where a healthy gene can be inserted in the place of a faulty one. Recognised by Fast Company as one of the Most Innovative Companies in biotech, the NVIDIA-backed company is at the forefront of innovation in life sciences and artificial intelligence. Glen holds a PhD in synthetic biology from Imperial College London.