10x Genomics’ Serge Saxonov: "Never has so much brainpower been focussed on one problem"

The Times Tech Podcast

• Episode: 10x Genomics’ Serge Saxonov: "Never has so much brainpower been focussed on one problem"
• Website: The Times Tech Podcast
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• Duration: 00:35:36
• Published: 2020-04-10 04:00

The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Serge Saxonov, founder of 10x Genomics, to talk about the end of normalcy (3:00), his high-end espresso machine for biology (4:20), delivering on the promise of genomics (6:20), how 10x is contributing to the coronavirus vaccine race (8:00), why a vaccine is theoretically achievable (10:15), the global shift to Covid research (13:15), leaving the Soviet Union and landing in New York (15:30), starting 23andMe (19:20), starting 10x (22:00), why it was hard to raise money (23:25), luring Softbank as an investor (25:55), 10x's footprint (26:50), the importance of resolution (28:10), and his worst day of work (32:00)

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