Episode 7 | Winning with Phlo: How AI Tools Empower Biotech Builders

About this episode

The episode features Caroline and Eshwar discussing their project Pearlfect Millet and their experiences with Phlo's research tools.

In this episode of Proof of DeSci, we sit down with Caroline and Eshwar, winners of the Phlo Hackathon, to talk about their project Pearlfect Millet, a synthetic biology idea aiming to optimize millet for better taste and resilience. We dive into their scientific backgrounds, what drew them into DeSci, and how they leveraged Phlo’s research agents to go from idea to execution in just a few days. They share their experience using Phlo for literature review, business strategy, and validating co...

People in this episode

Guests: Caroline, Eshwar

Topics covered

• AI tools
• biotech
• synthetic biology
• DeSci
• Phlo Hackathon

Keywords

• millet
• literature review
• business strategy

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Pearlfect Millet, Phlo

Books & works: Winning with Phlo

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