DIY Pharmaceuticals
Michael Laufer
DEF CON 32 Creator Stage · Day 1 · Creator Stage
This talk, presented by Michael Laufer at DEF CON 32, delves into the ambitious and potentially transformative world of **DIY Pharmaceuticals**. Laufer introduces the **Microlab**, an open-source automated chemistry platform designed to democratize drug synthesis, making it accessible to individuals without extensive chemistry expertise. The core motivation behind this project is to address the high costs, lack of modularity, and closed-source nature of commercial chemical automation systems, which currently restrict pharmaceutical production to institutional laboratories.