#261 Amilra De Silva on Serendipity & the Chemistry of Everything

<div><span class= "attrlink url author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovvlb3z85zz88zdqsiz85zz77zjz90z4z74zqmz73zz73znz67zh2hz79zqz65z9z77zv"> <a class="attrlink" href= "https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/amilra-de-silva" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" data-target-href= "https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/amilra-de-silva">Dr Amilra De Silva</a></span> <span class= "author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovvlb3z85zz88zdqsiz85zz77zjz90z4z74zqmz73zz73znz67zh2hz79zqz65z9z77zv h-lparen"> (more</span> <span class= "author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovvlb3z85zz88zdqsiz85zz77zjz90z4z74zqmz73zz73znz67zh2hz79zqz65z9z77zv"> commonly known as AP) is a Professor in the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering who during his 40-year career with Queen’s University developed a blood analyser that has sold 10’s of millions of units and saved countless lives around the world. </span></div> <div> </div> <div><span class= " author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovvlb3z85zz88zdqsiz85zz77zjz90z4z74zqmz73zz73znz67zh2hz79zqz65z9z77zv"> In today’s episode we talk about:</span></div> <ul class="listtype-bullet listindent1 list-bullet1"> <li><span class= " author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovvlb3z85zz88zdqsiz85zz77zjz90z4z74zqmz73zz73znz67zh2hz79zqz65z9z77zv"> Growing up in Sri Lanka</span></li> <li><span class= " author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovvlb3z85zz88zdqsiz85zz77zjz90z4z74zqmz73zz73znz67zh2hz79zqz65z9z77zv"> The role his grandparents played throughout his life</span></li> <li><span class= " author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovvlb3z85zz88zdqsiz85zz77zjz90z4z74zqmz73zz73znz67zh2hz79zqz65z9z77zv"> Moving to Belfast in the 70s</span></li> <li><span class= " author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovvlb3z85zz88zdqsiz85zz77zjz90z4z74zqmz73zz73znz67zh2hz79zqz65z9z77zv"> Why he was working on a molecular sodium sensor</span></li> <li><span class= " author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovvlb3z85zz88zdqsiz85zz77zjz90z4z74zqmz73zz73znz67zh2hz79zqz65z9z77zv"> How it got picked up by Big Ph