Karl Bertram, PhD is a cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) scientist, entrepreneur, and technology enthusiast dedicated towards advancing cryo-EM technology for industrial applications. As the Co-founder and Managing Director of ATEM Structural Discovery, he holds a PhD in biochemistry and structural biology and has an extensive scientific background in advanced cryo-EM technology. Karl obtained his PhD at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen, Germany, where he significantly contributed towards solving the first high-resolution 3D structures of the human spliceosome. During his academic career, he obtained a Master of Science degree in Biochemistry from the Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU) Munich and was a researcher at the Rockefeller University in New York City.