Jeremy Elser - Biology and LLMs Meet in the Lab

About this episode

The episode features a conversation with Jeremy Elser about the intersection of biology and AI in regenerative medicine.

At the Advanced Lateral Flow Conference, I spoke with Jeremy Elser, Head of Science Operations at Palantir and founder of Ship of Theseus , a biotech company tackling longevity and regenerative medicine. The name refers to the Greek thought experiment about replacing every plank on a ship over time, similar to Jeremy’s vision to keep rebuilding the human body, replacing the cellular “planks” so it stays functional indefinitely. He’s focusing on restoring the body’s natural ability to regenerate using resident stem cells. Damage accumulates linearly throughout life, but aging accelerates when our capacity to replace that damage falters. His company aims to “re-up” that regenerative capacity, thus the metaphor of the Ship of Theseus . Jeremy also spoke at the conference about using AI and large language models (LLMs) to break down complex scientific questions into smaller, solvable ones. This conversation was fascinating to me in regards to both the biology and the LLMs, discovering what’s possible with both. Jeremy compared an LLM to an eager intern —smart, well-informed, but needing structure and direction. You can’t just hand it a huge problem like “design a new drug protocol”…

People in this episode

Host: Chris Conner

Guest: Jeremy Elser

Topics covered

• biotechnology
• regenerative medicine
• AI
• large language models
• longevity
• scientific research

Keywords

• biotech
• longevity
• stem cells
• AI
• large language models
• regeneration
• scientific questions

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Palantir, Ship of Theseus

Places: Greece

More episodes of Life Science Marketing Radio

• Bringing Swagger to Ontario Life Sciences · January 29, 2026 · 32 min
• ALFC Double Feature - Making Lateral Flow Accessible Everywhere · November 19, 2025 · 29 min
• The Art of Protein Engineering · November 5, 2025 · 21 min
• The Future of Biotech Marketing is Personality-Driven · September 3, 2025 · 31 min
• How Founders Build Trust - A Lesson from Spiderman · August 13, 2025 · 33 min
• From "None" to One: Tiffany Payne on Marketing, Courage, and Doing the Right Thing · July 30, 2025 · 31 min