Welcome to another episode of the DeSci Podcast. Today, we were joined by Dr. Jocelynn Pearl, a biotech scientist and the co-founder of LabDAO, an online life science research community whose mission is to accelerate progress in the life sciences by making scientific tools more accessible.
In this episode, Jocelynn shares insights on the factors and events that birthed the idea of Decentralized Biotech and the importance of incentivizing knowledge sharing so it becomes accessible to other researchers.
We also discuss the pros and cons of centralization within the Biotech sector, the limits of online collaboration, and many more.
Feel free to navigate through any of the topics discussed in the Podcast using the timestamps below.
___
⭐ Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:34 The decentralized biotech movement
4:03 Incentivizing knowledge sharing
06:38 What sparked your interest in decentralized science?
13:36 Downsides of centralization in the Biotech sector
16:29 Limits of online collaboration
18:46 Sharing tacit knowledge
20:32 New scientist entrepreneurs you have come across
23:16 Positive aspects of centralization.
26:22 Insights gained over the last few years
27:46 Implicit knowledge in Biotech
29:50 Ensuring funding for good projects
32:38 Contentious topics within LabDAO
34:33 Why Biotech companies prioritize experienced teams for funding
41:01 Outro
____
If you prefer listening to podcasts on audio apps, feel free to search for "The DeSci Podcast" on Spotify, Google Podcasts & Apple Podcasts. You'll also find all links to the podcast apps below.
If you want to join us on the show as a speaker or have guest ideas, please shoot us an mail at podcast@molecule.to
Special thanks to
Lea Degen: https://twitter.com/lealeata
Dr. Jocelynn Pearl: https://twitter.com/JocelynnPearl
____
Let's connect:
Website: https://bit.ly/3d6nh2C
X: https://twitter.com/Molecule_dao
Discord: https://discord.com/invite/moleculedao
The DeSci Podcast