Discover how biotech and healthcare teams are fast-tracking research and development through AI and high-performance cloud infrastructure. Ross Katz sits down with Hugo Shi of Saturn Cloud and Ilya Burkov of Nebius to explore scalable, secure solutions for GPU-heavy AI workloads. From compliance to cost savings, this episode unpacks what it takes to innovate at scale in life sciences.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

>> Why AI workloads in biotech demand specialized infrastructure

>> How Saturn Cloud and Nebius simplify compliance, scale, and security for life sciences

>> Real-world examples of gene editing, RNA sequencing, and medical imaging powered by cloud AI

>> The trade-offs between hyperscalers and NeoClouds for GPU availability and cost

>> Strategies for deploying, optimizing, and managing large-scale AI models

Meet Our Guests

Hugo Shi is the CTO and Founder of Saturn Cloud and a co-founder of Anaconda. He brings deep expertise in data science, AI infrastructure, and open-source development, helping teams scale complex workloads with minimal friction.

Ilya Burkov is Global Head of Healthcare & Life Sciences Growth at Nebius. With a background in medicine and cloud technology, Ilya leads strategy and partnerships to empower biotech teams with secure, high-performance compute solutions.

About The Host

Ross Katz is Principal and Data Science Lead at CorrDyn. Ross specializes in building intelligent data systems that empower biotech and healthcare organizations to extract insights and drive innovation.

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• Sponsor: CorrDyn, a data consultancy
• Connect with Hugo Shi  on LinkedIn 
• Connect with IIya Burkov on LinkedIn 

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Robin Rohm, CEO and Co-Founder of Apheris, joins Ross Katz to explore how federated learning is unlocking secure, cross-company collaboration in pharma. Discover how Apheris is enabling biopharma leaders to train cutting-edge co-folding models without sharing sensitive data, why AlphaFold 3 wasn’t enough, and what OpenFold 3 means for the future of AI in drug discovery.

​​What You'll Learn in This Episode

>> Why federated learning is a game-changer for pharma data sharing and AI-driven research

>> How OpenFold 3 builds on AlphaFold’s legacy to solve the protein-ligand interaction challenge

>> The role of structural benchmarking in model development and validation

>> How Apheris enables privacy-preserving collaboration between major pharma players

>>The importance of high-quality, proprietary datasets in advancing co-folding model accuracy

Meet Our Guest

Robin Rohm is the CEO and Co-Founder of Apheris, a leader in federated data networks for life sciences. With a background in mathematics and computational genomics, Robin is advancing secure AI collaboration in pharma and biotech.

About The Host

Ross Katz is Principal and Data Science Lead at CorrDyn. Ross specializes in building intelligent data systems that empower biotech and healthcare organizations to extract insights and drive innovation.

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• Sponsor: CorrDyn, a data consultancy
• Connect with Robin Roehm  on LinkedIn 

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What if biotech teams could automate the most information-intensive parts of bringing a drug to market? In this episode of Data in Biotech, host Ross Katz speaks with Convoke co-founders Alex Telford and Maged Ahmed about building an AI-native knowledge acquisition and curation system for biopharma. Learn how they're transforming clinical research, regulatory writing, and competitive intelligence using LLMs, semantic search, and scalable data infrastructure.

​​What You'll Learn in This Episode:

>> How Convoke unifies public and private biotech data into a single workspace for smarter decision-making

>> Why structured outputs and semantic layers are key to high-quality AI-driven insights

>> Real-world use cases including clinical trial design, competitive landscape analysis, and regulatory documentation

>> How feedback loops and model evaluations drive product reliability and user trust

>> The future of AI in biotech: continuous decision-making and multimodal intelligence

Meet Our Guests

Alex Telford is Co-Founder and CEO of Convoke, an AI-native OS transforming drug development workflows. His background in life sciences consulting drives his mission to unify data and streamline outputs like clinical documents and regulatory submissions.

Maged Ahmed is Co-Founder of Convoke and a former AI lead at Applied Intuition. He brings deep data infrastructure expertise to biotech, aiming to reduce friction in regulated environments by automating knowledge generation.

About The Host

Ross Katz is Principal and Data Science Lead at CorrDyn. Ross specializes in building intelligent data systems that empower biotech and healthcare organizations to extract insights and drive innovation.

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• Sponsor: CorrDyn, a data consultancy
• Connect with Alex Telford  on LinkedIn 
• Connect with Maged Ahmed on LinkedIn

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Dr. Aliza Apple, VP of Catalyze360 AI/ML at Eli Lilly, joins Ross Katz to unveil TuneLab—a first-of-its-kind federated learning platform accelerating preclinical drug discovery. Learn how Lilly’s billion-dollar models are empowering early-stage biotechs, the science behind federated learning, and what this means for the future of pharmaceutical R&D.

​​What You'll Learn in This Episode:

>> How Eli Lilly's TuneLab democratizes access to proprietary AI models trained on decades of pharmaceutical data

>> What federated learning means for IP protection and collaborative data sharing in biotech

>> Which two key use cases are driving TuneLab’s impact today: small molecule ADME and antibody developability

>> How TuneLab’s early adopters like Firefly Bio and Superluminal are shaping the platform’s evolution

>> Why generalizability—not just accuracy—is the true power of collaborative AI in drug development

Meet Our Guest

Dr. Aliza Apple is VP of Catalyze360 AI/ML at Eli Lilly and a biotech trailblazer with deep roots in AI-driven drug discovery. She has led initiatives from founding startups to heading Lilly Gateway Labs and now pioneers innovation at the intersection of data and biotech.

About The Host

Ross Katz is Principal and Data Science Lead at CorrDyn. Ross specializes in building intelligent data systems that empower biotech and healthcare organizations to extract insights and drive innovation.

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• Sponsor: CorrDyn, a data consultancy
• Connect with Aliza Apple  on LinkedIn 

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In this episode of Data in Biotech, host Ross Katz talks with Jesper Ryge, Director of Computational Biology at Merck Germany. Jesper shares his journey from neuroscience labs to leading computational teams, offering deep insights into disease modeling, target discovery, and multi-omics integration. Discover how AI and spatial transcriptomics are shaping the future of pharma R&D.

​​What You'll Learn in This Episode

>> How single-cell and spatial transcriptomics enhance disease mechanism discovery

>> Why data integration and knowledge graphs are critical for target validation

>> How computational biology teams interface with wet lab research

>> What makes Merck Germany's data strategy unique in biotech

>> How generative AI is changing how pharma interprets complex datasets

Meet Our Guest

Jesper Ryge is Director of Computational Biology at Merck Germany. A biophysicist by training, he brings deep expertise in neuroscience, single-cell analysis, and bioinformatics to pharmaceutical R&D.

About The Host

Ross Katz is Principal and Data Science Lead at CorrDyn. Ross specializes in building intelligent data systems that empower biotech and healthcare organizations to extract insights and drive innovation.

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• Sponsor: CorrDyn, a data consultancy
• Find out more about Merck
• Connect with Jesper Ryge on LinkedIn 

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To mark our 50th episode, host Ross Katz brings back three visionary leaders—Dave Johnson (Dash Bio), Wolfgang Halter (Merck Life Science), and Jacob Oppenheim (RAVen)—together for a reflection on the evolution of biotech. They unpack the realities behind AI hype, the future of data-driven innovation, and what’s really changing in drug development.

​​What You'll Learn in This Episode:

>> Where real innovation is emerging across startups, big tech, and academia

>> The biggest misconceptions about data in biotech—and why they persist

>> What it takes to build trust in AI-powered biotech tools

>> Why progress in biotech depends as much on execution as it does on breakthroughs

>> How industry veterans see the future of automation, regulation, and global competition

Meet Our Guests

Dave Johnson is CEO and Co-Founder of Dash Bio and former Chief Data & AI Officer at Moderna. He’s pioneering automation in clinical bioanalysis to accelerate drug development.

Wolfgang Halter leads Data Science at Merck Life Science, developing tools like BayBE to optimize R&D through smarter data modeling and open-source innovation.

Jacob Oppenheim is a Venture Partner at RAVen and co-founder of Fresnel. With a PhD in Biological Physics, he champions the transition to digital-native biopharma.

About The Host

Ross Katz is Principal and Data Science Lead at CorrDyn. Ross specializes in building intelligent data systems that empower biotech and healthcare organizations to extract insights and drive innovation.

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• Sponsor: CorrDyn, a data consultancy
• Connect with Dave Johnson  on LinkedIn 
• Connect with Wolfgang Halter on LinkedIn
• Connect with Jacob Oppenheim on LinkedIn

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In this episode of Data in Biotech, Yaron David, CTO and Co-Founder of BioRaptor, joins host Ross Katz to explore how biotech companies can gain a holistic view of bioprocessing through real-time data integration, visualization, and modeling. Learn how BioRaptor’s full-stack platform helps scientists replace clunky spreadsheets with actionable insights—accelerating experiments and optimizing yields.

​​What You'll Learn in This Episode:

>> Why Excel is holding back innovation in bioprocessing labs

>> How BioRaptor enables holistic bioprocess understanding across experiments

>> The role of virtual sensors in enhancing real-time data visibility

>> How BioRaptor drives ROI by onboarding customers in weeks, not months

>> The difference between operational and optimization AI in biotech

Meet Our Guest

Yaron David is CTO and Co-Founder of BioRaptor, an AI-powered analytics platform transforming bioprocess data into scientific insights. With an MD and PhD in neuroscience, he blends medical, software, and startup experience to revolutionize data infrastructure for biotech.

About The Host

Ross Katz is Principal and Data Science Lead at CorrDyn. Ross specializes in building intelligent data systems that empower biotech and healthcare organizations to extract insights and drive innovation.

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• Sponsor: CorrDyn, a data consultancy
• Find out more about BioRaptor
• Connect with Yaron David on LinkedIn 

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In this episode of Data in Biotech, Jesse Paquette, co-founder and Chief Science Officer of Tag.bio, joins Ross Katz to explore how data mesh architecture and FAIR data principles are transforming clinical and research workflows in life sciences. From harmonizing legacy systems to enabling AI-readiness, Jesse shares how Tag.bio empowers domain experts to make data-driven decisions faster and more effectively.

​​What You'll Learn in This Episode:

>> How Tag.bio leverages data mesh and FAIR principles to democratize biomedical data access.

>> The challenges biotech firms face with legacy infrastructure and clinical trial data.

>> The importance of harmonized, version-controlled data products in AI-driven research.

>> Why smaller pharma and life sciences firms benefit most from Tag.bio’s agile platform.

Meet Our Guest

Jesse Paquette is the co-founder and Chief Science Officer of Tag.bio, where he leads scientific strategy for AI-powered analytics. With over two decades in life sciences, he specializes in building tools that help researchers interpret complex biomedical data independently.

About The Host

Ross Katz is Principal and Data Science Lead at CorrDyn. Ross specializes in building intelligent data systems that empower biotech and healthcare organizations to extract insights and drive innovation.

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• Sponsor: CorrDyn, a data consultancy
• Find out more about Tag.bio
• Connect with Jesse Parquette on LinkedIn 

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In this episode of Data in Biotech, Ross Katz sits down with Kenny Workman, co-founder and CTO of LatchBio, to unpack how biotech’s data infrastructure must evolve to meet the demands of next-gen assays. From scalable workflows to high-performance visualization tools, Kenny breaks down the shift from traditional biotech to a future defined by data-driven research and agile cloud platforms.

​​What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• Why spatial biology and high-throughput assays require new data infrastructure strategies
• How LatchBio’s five core components streamline molecular data processing
• The challenges of selling into biotech vs. solution providers and the strategic pivot LatchBio made to address this
• How large language models are revolutionizing public data curation for biotechs
• Why scientific innovation demands better tech adoption across the industry

Meet Our Guest

Kenny Workman is co-founder and CTO of LatchBio, a company transforming biological data infrastructure. A UC Berkeley alum, Kenny brings deep expertise in bioengineering, machine learning, and cloud systems. He was named to Forbes' 2023 "30 Under 30" list for his contributions to computational biology.

About The Host

Ross Katz is Principal and Data Science Lead at CorrDyn. Ross specializes in building intelligent data systems that empower biotech and healthcare organizations to extract insights and drive innovation.

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• Sponsor: CorrDyn, a data consultancy
• Find out more about Latch Bio
• Connect with Kenny Workman  on LinkedIn 

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Entrepreneur Jeremy Shane joins host Ross Katz to discuss Life for Health, a revolutionary framework aiming to tackle chronic disease through the integration of life insurance, longitudinal data, and preventative care. 

From drug discovery feedback loops to outcomes-based pricing, Shane outlines a bold new path for biotech and healthcare convergence.

​​What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• Why today's healthcare system fails chronic disease patients and how Life for Health aims to fix it.
• How longitudinal data and life insurance can realign healthcare incentives for better outcomes.
• The economic logic behind outcomes-based annuity pricing for breakthrough drugs like GLP-1s.
• What biotech companies gain from a proactive, participant-driven health model.
• How clinical trials could transform through pre-qualified data-rich populations.

Meet Our Guest

Jeremy Shane, Venture Partner at NextGen Venture Partners, is a healthcare innovator focused on chronic disease. With leadership experience at HealthCentral, WebMD, and 2U, he now pioneers Life for Health, blending life insurance with preventative care to realign incentives and extend health span.

Life for Health, the book, will be released in July 2025. 

To learn more about Life For Health or get involved, go to www.lifeforhealth.com

About The Host

Ross Katz is Principal and Data Science Lead at CorrDyn. Ross specializes in building intelligent data systems that empower biotech and healthcare organizations to extract insights and drive innovation.

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• Sponsor: CorrDyn, a data consultancy
• Connect with Jeremy Shane on LinkedIn or on Twitter @jeremylshane

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