Gareth Bloomfield

Research Interest:

My role in the Oxford Cancer AI Scientist and Supercompute Project is to help incorporate Artificial Intelligence into laboratory work. Making use of advanced large language models to connect with lab equipment, including collaborative robots, we are building systems to automate complex experiments to advance and accelerate cancer research.

Background:

I undertook doctoral research at Oxford’s Biochemistry department before training in genomics  as a postdoc at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, where I designed and constructed DNA microarrays. Later, I investigated cell biology at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, using next-generation sequencing in a forward genetics approach to identify a role for neurofibromin in large-scale endocytosis. I have since held several roles in the private sector at start-up companies and clinics.