Marcus Forst

Applied Physicist | Founder, Forst Laboratories LLC

I build instruments and write software to solve problems in biomedical research. Stanford PhD in Applied Physics, Knight-Hennessy Scholar, NSF Graduate Research Fellow.

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Current Projects

Nailfold capillaries at 10x magnification

Capillary Microscope

Designing a microscope to image white blood cells in nailfold capillaries. Invented an inflatable finger-holder to stabilize videos and modulate blood flow.

Collaborators: Eleftheria Foundation, Dr. Stephen Quake

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Lung Mural Cells

Python tools to study how pericytes and smooth muscle cells change in the developing and hyperoxic lung.

Collaborators: Stanford University, MD David Cornfield

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Uterine Atony

Combining proteomics and RNA-seq from 21 patients to identify disrupted pathways in atonic uterine muscle.

Collaborators: Stanford University, MD Jessica Ansari

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IVF Outcome Prediction

Machine learning models to predict pregnancy success from preimplantation genetic testing data across ~8,600 embryo records.

Collaborators: Reproductive Medicine Institute

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