Prof David Weinkove is well respected in the academic fields of C. elegans and ageing biology. As a postdoc, he worked with David Gems, Ronald Plasterk and Erik Jorgensen. He is now Professor at the Department of Biosciences, Durham University and Chair of the British Society for Research on Ageing. David is passionate about applying the strength of C. elegans research to industrial applications and he cofounded Magnitude Biosciences to bring reliable automated technology together with experienced C. elegans scientists to bring increases in productivity to the whole field.