The Data Standard

Data in the bio industry? with Kurt Thorn at Zymergen

Kurt Thorn, Senior Director of Data Science at Zymergen, joins The Data Standard to discuss data in the bio industry.

Episode Summary

The world of biotechnology is increasingly driven by data. As the number of biotech companies continue to grow, so does this industry’s need for data scientists, data analysts, and other technologists. With demand for data—and the associated concerns of where to store it, how to process it, and how data pipelines will be structured—on the rise, there will be plenty of opportunities in biotech for those specializing in app development, software engineering, cloud architecture, and other fields.

Meet The Host

Catherine Tao

Data scientist at The Data Standard

Catherine Tao is a tech enthusiast looking for new methods for building connections with businesses around the world. Her extensive knowledge of data science allowed her to develop new solutions and implement them into existing ecosystems. She is currently working as a Data scientist and Exclusive Podcast Producer at The Data Standard.

Meet The Guest

Kurt Thorn

Senior Director of Data Science at Zymergen

Kurt Thorn is Senior Director of Data Science at Zymergen where his team develop pipelines for analysis of high throughput screening and fermentation data, developing tools for efficient development of high throughput screening plate models, and recommendation engines for identification of protein sequences catalyzing desired enzymatic functions and prediction of beneficial genetic edits for strain engineering. Prior to this Kurt was a professor at UCSF where he developed novel multiplex biochemical assays for disease diagnosis and directed the Nikon Imaging Center @ UCSF/QB3, a highly successful light microscopy core facility, with 300 annual users and 40 papers published per year.