Nathan A. Magarvey PhD

Dr. Nathan Magarvey is the Founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Adapsyn Bioscience and is responsible for all aspects of the company’s current collaboration with Pfizer. Additionally, he is an Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Natural Products and Chemical Biology in the Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences & Chemistry and Chemical Biology at McMaster University. He joined McMaster from Harvard Medical School and previously spent time in the pharmaceutical industry working for Wyeth Research, where he was directly involved in the discovery of new antibiotic and therapeutic microbial natural product small molecules. Dr. Magarvey’s research focuses on disrupting how the discovery of microbial metabolites is done- and in particular how to leverage the ability to connect Genomes to Natural Products, and his research has advanced the discovery of new microbial small molecules. His work leads to research intersecting the interfaces of medicine, biology, chemistry, and computer science.