We begin where life is most extreme, and translate what we find into medicine.
Ethically sourced tissues, fluids, and microbiomes from targeted expeditions, stored and ready for licensing and use.
Proprietary pipelines for deep sequencing, culture, and metagenomics, with in-house AI modeling and docking studies.
Rapid de-risking via ex-vivo assays and CRO co-development; a discover, license, spin-out model.
Metabolic and cardiovascular resilience, drawn from species that thrive where almost nothing else can.
Exploring the biology that keeps extreme organisms metabolically robust under relentless stress.
Defense systems evolved against the harshest light, pressure, and depth on Earth.
Translating natural barrier, repair, and protection mechanisms into next-generation skin science.
Dr. Austin Gallagher is a globally recognized marine biologist and serial entrepreneur, with a track record of producing paradigm-shifting discoveries on the ocean’s largest species. As founder and CEO of Beneath the Waves, he grew an NGO research institute now operating in more than 20 countries, generating influential research and translating it into policy and investment. He is the author of more than 150 peer-reviewed publications and 3 books, and has been named a Forbes 30 Under 30, Fulbright Distinguished Scholar, and National Geographic Explorer. With Artemis, Gallagher brings a track record of building, scaling, and exiting companies, alongside frontier ocean science, to translating discovery into new therapeutic opportunities.