MAKE.
HEAL.
SHARE.
Jose Gomez-Marquez [bio] works on democratizing life sciences tools using the design, invention and policy spaces of transparent technologies.
Modular Ampli Diagnostics, Version 1.2
I work on developing technologies and policies that democratize life sciences tools and medical care. By colliding tools and materials from different fields, we generate construction sets that lower barriers for invention. Medical and biological devices should not be a black box. They should be transparent, shareable, and designed for re-invention by their users. These principles are found in our classes, academic work, research projects and spinouts.
Visit and work with us at Emory University starting in Fall 2025.
Selected Works
Ampli: Modular Diagnostic Construction Sets
Design building blocks that empower doctors and nurses around the world to invent their own medical technologies.
Firefly Robotics
Affordable microrobots meets life science automation. What happens when we can democratize laboratory automation.
Fair Trade Bio
Exploring fairer social contracts for biospecimens and the people behind them.
Orbital Space Pharmacies
AmpliRx launched aboard SpaceX-27 to generate nanomaterials and pharmaceuticals aboard the International Space Station.
MakerHealth + MakerNurse
Working with frontline clinicians to discover their stealth innovations and deploy accelerated prototyping that match their imagination.
Little Drop
We use off the shelf materials to create devices such as affordable nano drop spectrophotometers that you can build in a day.
MEDIK: Medical Construction Set Research
Our design of medical construction sets focuses on lower barriers to prototyping. Our research explores how components with a language of design, linearity and non-linearity, as well as measurable Design for Hack, can enable users to come up with their own medical technologies. User-enabled medical prototyping let’s understand the effects of shifting the power from the { expert + regulator } and sharing it with everyday { doctors + nurses + users } to make more transparent and accessible designs.