The Decentralized Biotech Movement with Dr. Jocelynn Pearl (LabDAO)
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