The DeSci Podcast

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 Bi...

Welcome to another episode of the DeSci Podcast. Today, we were joined by Juan Benet, the founder of Protocol Labs, an open-source research, development, and deployment laboratory. In this episode, Juan shares the story of his journey, the origins of Protocol Labs, and how he got involved in building IPFS and Filecoin. We uncover the underlying issues hindering technological advancements and dive...

Welcome to another episode of The DeSci Podcast. Today, we're joined by Niklas Anzinger, the founder and GP of Infinita, the first VC fund based in a modern charter city (Prospera), investing in founders overcoming regulatory bottlenecks in bio-/healthtech, hardware & crypto-finance through network states & startup cities. In this episode, Niklas shares insights on Infinitia Funds and...

Welcome to another episode of the DeSci Podcast. Today, we were joined by Jesse Hudson, the Chief Legal Architect at Molecule, Chris Byrnes, an IP Legal Advisor also representing Molecule, and Benji Leibowitz, Product Manager at Molecule. The existing intellectual property (IP) system faces several challenges that hinder its effectiveness and innovation potential. Patent trolls, the system's l...

Welcome to another episode of the DeSci Podcast! Today, we were joined by Ben Reinhardt, founder of Speculative Technologies, a nonprofit research organization that runs coordinated research programs to unlock groundbreaking innovations. In this episode, we explore the qualities that make funders exceptional and the key factors that contribute to successful startup grants. We also shed light on th...

Welcome to another episode of the DeSci Podcast! We are excited to have Nadia Asparouhova, an independent researcher and author of "Working in Public: The Making and Maintenance of Open Source Software", as our guest today. In this thought-provoking episode, we delve into the world of early-stage science funding and philanthropy. We discuss the role philanthropy plays in society and how...

Welcome to another episode of the DeSci Podcast. Today, we had the privilege of having Dr. Martin-Immanuel Bittner as our guest. He is the CEO of Arctoris, which is the world's first fully automated platform for drug discovery, focused on accelerating the drug discovery process. In this episode, we explore a variety of fascinating topics related to drug discovery. Dr. Bittner shares insights o...

Welcome to another episode of the DeSci Podcast! Today, we had the privilege of having Martin Karlsson as our special guest. Martin is the CEO of Lateral, an innovative web app designed for scientists, enabling them to read, find, share, and organize their research seamlessly in a single platform for enhanced efficiency. In this episode, we delve into a wide range of intriguing topics. Martin shar...

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...

Welcome to another episode of the DeSci Podcast. In this episode, we were joined by Dr. Emil Kendziorra and Kai Micah Mills, co-initiators of CryoDAO, a decentralized community dedicated to advancing cryopreservation research. In this podcast, we discuss the field of cryonics, including its origins and how it has evolved over the years. Dr. Emil and Mills also explain how cryopreservation works, t...

Welcome to another episode of the DeSci Podcast. In this one, we had the pleasure of talking with Laura Minquini, who is leading AthenaDAO, a community-led movement that is improving female reproductive health through the identification, financing, and support of research projects that are working on its potential cures. We talked about Laura's story, the global panorama of the problem that sh...

Welcome to another episode of the DeSci Podcast. In this episode, we were joined by ValleyDAO's Co-founder, Albert Anis, and Communications Lead, Morgan Richards. In this video, Albert Anis and Morgan Richards provide a deep dive into the interesting field of Synthetic Biology, and the significant role that ValleyDAO plays in driving innovation in this area. We also explored the traditional fu...

Welcome to another episode of the DeSci Podcast. In this episode, we had the pleasure of talking with Andrew Verbinnen and Andrew Bakst from HairDAO, the second BioDAO ever to mint an IP-NFT. Their mission is to turn hair loss into a problem of the past by funding assets that they believe will accelerate its cure. Throughout the conversation, we delve into a variety of fascinating topics related t...

Welcome to this episode of the DeSci Podcast, where we dive deep into the technology behind IP-NFTs and explore the possibilities of decentralized data storage.  In this episode, Stefan Adolf, a senior web3 engineer at Molecule, and Benji Leibowitz, a former biotech venture capitalist and now a product manager at Molecule, discuss the modularity of IP-NFTs, the advantages of ERC721, 1155, and...

Welcome to another episode of the DeSci Podcast. In this episode, Vera Gorbunova, endowed Professor of Biology at the University of Rochester, co-director of the Rochester Aging Research Center, and co-founder of the new journal Aging Biology, run by scientists for scientists, shares with us a bit of her vast knowledge in the field of Longevity. She talked about the problems of the current scienti...

Welcome to another episode of the DeSci Podcast. In this episode, Michael Gibson, co-founder and general partner of the 1517 fund, author of the new book ‘Paper Belt on Fire: How Renegade Investors Sparked a Revolt Against the University’ and one of the key people involved in launching the Thiel Fellowship in 2010 (where he helped Vitalik Buterin shape Ethereum), tells us about his vision of legac...

Today we have a special one! In this episode, we have Vitalik Buterin as a guest, interviewed by Vincent Weisser.  They discuss the intersection of science and cryptocurrency, focusing on the concept of "decentralized science."  Vitalik explains how decentralized technologies, such as cryptocurrency, can improve science and the institutions of science by allowing for more diverse funding...

Welcome to another episode of the DeSci Podcast. In this episode, Stanley Bishop, AKA Science Stanley, data scientist and head of data science at LabDAO talks about AI, what it means to be a data scientist and how it intersects with decentralized approaches. We also talk about how this can be applied across individual health, collective health, the planets, genome sequencing and language models an...

Welcome to episode Nr. 7 of the DeSci Podcast! In this episode, Tyler Golato, Co-founder and CSO of Molecule DAO joins us as we discuss the problems of scientific research and funding and necessary changes that need to be made in the way funding is done.   We talk about the impact of decentralization in research, the requirements for allocating funds for research, and the future of Molecule a...

Welcome to episode Nr. 6 of "The DeSci Podcast"! In this episode, Patrick Malone, a physician-scientist turned investor at KDT Ventures where he invests in early-stage life science and healthcare, tells us about what drove his interest in investing in healthcare, what Tech-Bio is, and how it relates to the traditional understanding of Biotech.  He also explains, why machine learning is effect...

Welcome to Episode Nr. 5 of the DeSci Podcast! In this Episode, Allison Duettmann, President and CEO of Foresight Institute tells us how she got into futurism, why people are so pessimistic about the future, how Foresight chose the most important things to work on, Allison's positive visions of the future for humanity, what are Tech Trees and more! We hope you enjoy!   ____   Timestamps:...

Welcome to Episode Nr. 4 of the DeSci Podcast - Today we're exploring the decentralized science space together with Jack Scannell! Jack coined the term Eroom's Law, which notes that the cost of new drug approvals is rising exponentially, in contrast to Moore's law, which notes that the number of transistors on a microchip doubles about every two years, though the cost of computers is halved. &nbsp...

Welcome to Episode Nr. 3 of the DeSci Podcast - Today we're exploring the decentralized science space together with our CEO of Molecule and Vincent Weisser, our Chief Ecosystem Officer!   We're incredibly proud to finally speak in depth about our new project bio.xyz - Next to that, we are also digging into a lot of other interesting decentralized science topics. You can find all of them below...

Welcome to Episode Nr. 2 of the DeSci Podcast - Today we're exploring the decentralized science reformation together with no other than Balaji Srinivasan! We're incredibly proud to be joined by such a smart and well-known mind as a second guest on "The DeSci Podcast" show!     Topics of this episode:   → Key factors holding back scientific progress and how to change it (also vi...

Welcome to the very first episode of "The DeSci Podcast" - On this show, we talk to the leaders of the decentralized science world about the future of biotech. Thanks for being here and enjoy the very first episode of this new podcast, brought to you by Molecule.   In this first episode, we talk to Tim Peterson, Sebastian Brunemeier & Laurence Ion from  @VitaDAO  - VitaDAO is th...