E998: The Next Unicorns: Benchling CEO & Co-founder Sajith Wickramasekara is increasing efficiency for scientists with a cloud-based platform, gives insights on recent life-science innovations, ethics of gene therapy & defining the line between quackery &

0:53 Jason intros Sajith Wickramasekara 1:40 What does Benchling do? 2:24 How did Sajith get into life science? 6:55 Benchling's value proposition for scientists 9:04 How do they charge? 10:43 Is Chamath Palihapitiya the most famous Sri Lankan in the US? 13:25 Why immunotherapy is the most exciting development in life science 19:00 3D Printing & harvesting organs in other species 20:50 Ethics of editing a human embryo 28:19 How did the scientific community respond to the embryo controversy 29:52 Breakthroughs in gene therapy 34:09 Defining the line between quackery & brilliance 42:37 Upside & downside of genetically modified crops 47:54 What is the best approach for breakthroughs in life science?