#22 Ethan Perlstein - Decentralized Biology and Indie Scientists

DeFi is all rage these days, but have you heard of DeBi?

DeBi stands for decentralized bio. In this podcast, I talk to Ethan Perlstein who is the founder and CEO of Perlara, a biotech startup that runs in a completely decentralized fashion.

== What we talk about ==
0:04 - Introduction
1:27 - Who is an indie-scientist?
2:59 - How did you go from being in academia to being an indie-scientist?
7:03 - While moving away from academia, what concerns did you have?
8:30 - As an indie-scientist, did you miss the academia’s collaborative science and affordable resources like labs?
11:39 - What is decentralized bio? And the three pillars of decentralized bio
28:46 - What does Perlara do? And the idea behind it.
33:04 - Since the scientists working on problems have different skillsets and expertise, how do you form teams and strategies?
40:08 - With the unpredictable nature of progress in science, how do you devise a step-wise roadmap?
44:08 - What is decentralized finance?
50:39 - Have you explored non-traditional ways of financing at Perlara?
52:16 - Why did you set Perlara up as a public benefit company?

== About the guest ==
Ethan is an aspiring orphan drug discoverer, evolutionary pharmacologist, and indie scientist. He has a PhD in molecular and cell biology from Harvard University, and was a Lewis-Sigler Fellow at Princeton University. He is the founder and CEO of Perlara.

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