A meticulously organized genetics research workstation, featuring a gleaming stainless-steel lab bench with neatly arranged micropipettes, color-coded microcentrifuge tubes, and a modern laptop displaying a crisp DNA double helix visualization on a deep blue background. In the midground, a transparent rack of labeled samples catches soft, diffused daylight from a large frosted window, creating gentle reflections on the polished surface. Subtle overhead lab lighting adds clean white highlights and minimal shadows, emphasizing precision and clarity. Photographed at eye level with a slight three-quarter angle, shallow depth of field keeps the foreground instruments in sharp focus while the background lab shelves fade into a smooth bokeh. The atmosphere is professional, calm, and highly focused, with a photographic realism and clean, modern aesthetic.

Oliver Bower, Ph.D.

Oliver Bower

Geneticist and embryologist exploring the future of genome editing

Research on efficient base editing in human embryos and its implications for genetic disease

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My recent work uses base editing to make precise single-letter DNA changes in human embryos. This allows us to ask how specific genes control the first cell-fate decisions after fertilisation.

Human embryo development from the one-cell stage to the blastocyst stage. My work uses precise genome-editing tools to test how individual genes shape these earliest developmental decisions.

About Me

I’m a geneticist and embryologist studying how gene editing technologies can shape the earliest stages of human development.

My PhD focused on using CRISPR-based approaches to understand how early embryos make the decisions that determine cell fate and development.

  • PhD – Francis Crick Institute, London
  • Postdoc – University of Cambridge
  • Research interests – human embryos, CRISPR, base editing

Interested in engaging with journalists, policy makers, and the public on genome editing and its societal impact

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Based in San Francisco, USA