Welcome to another episode of the DeSci Podcast! In this one, we were joined by Niklas Rindtorff, a physician-scientist and co-founder of LabDAO, an online community of life scientists collaborating to make life scientific tools more accessible.

In this episode, Niklas shares insights about the benefits of conducting life science research online, how scientific research has evolved over the years and the importance of collaboration within the scientific community.

Going further, we delve into the complex topic of ownership rights within decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) and how LabDAO navigates this space.

We also highlight some underappreciated aspects of academia and compare the dynamics of building in the private and public sectors as well as common misconceptions about these sectors. Niklas also shares some valuable knowledge about Decentralized Science, drawing from his own personal experiences and expertise.

Feel free to navigate through any of the topics discussed in the Podcast using the timestamps below.

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⭐ Timestamps:

0:54 Intro

1:33 About LabDAO

3:32 Why do life science research online?

06:42 Ownership rights within DAOs

12:11 Valuable insights you wish you had before starting LabDAO

13:19 How have these new insights shaped LabDAO's structure?

15:18 Overlooked areas in Decentralized Science

16:43 Differences in the private and public sector

18:48 Building in the public sector vs private sector

23:23 Underappreciated aspects of Academia

26:20 Conflicting viewpoints on LabDAO’s operational strategies

31:46 Valuable tacit knowledge about DeSci.

36:18 What key areas would you build on if LabDAO secured more funding?

37:10 Misconceptions about Web 3

39:28 Overlooked areas in Decentralized Science

40:37 What we are building at LabDAO and how to get involved

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If you want to join us on the show as a speaker or have guest ideas, please shoot us a mail at podcast@molecule.to

Special thanks to:

Lea Degen (host): https://twitter.com/lealeata

Niklas: https://twitter.com/Niklas_TR

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