Presented by Galang AIA podcast with Kevin G. Libuit
Down To A ScienceBig ideas.
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Down to a Science highlights practitioners across science, technology, and business to understand their personal insights and how their work impacts our world.
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In Episode 6, Dr. Ming “Tommy” Tang, a wet-lab biologist turned computational biologist and the founder of the blog Diving into Genetics and Genomics, joins Kevin G. Libuit to talk about what makes a good bioinformatician in the age of AI. Drawing on fourteen years in the field and near-daily use of AI coding agents, Tommy argues that writing the code is no longer the hard part: framing the right biological question is.
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Candid conversations with practitioners in science, technology and business.
What are they working on? Why does it matter? And what does it take to put new ideas into practice?
Technical enough to dig in. Informal enough to follow a good tangent. For curious scientists and practitioners figuring out what’s next; for the field and for themselves.
Presented by Galang AI.
Meet the host
A scientist.
Still asking questions.
A scientist by training, Kevin currently serves as the COO at Galang AI. He’s spent more than a decade turning genomics and advanced technologies into practical solutions with sustainable foundations.
Previously, he led technology and operations at Theiagen Genomics and served as a Lead Scientist for the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Episode 6
Bioinformatics in the Age of AI
with Dr. Tommy Tang
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In Episode 6, Dr. Ming “Tommy” Tang, a wet-lab biologist turned computational biologist and the founder of the blog Diving into Genetics and Genomics, joins Kevin G. Libuit to talk about what makes a good bioinformatician in the age of AI. Drawing on fourteen years in the field and near-daily use of AI coding agents, Tommy argues that writing the code is no longer the hard part: framing the right biological question is.
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Episode 5
Practical Paths into Applied AI
with Brandon Galang
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In Episode 5, Brandon Galang, GTM Engineer at Vercel and author of the Substack Leverage Loops, joins Kevin G. Libuit to talk about why being technical no longer depends on writing code. Drawing on a path from industrial engineering to product management at Intel, Amazon, and Wonder, Brandon argues that engineering is really the ability to keep iterating toward a solution.
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Episode 4
The Three Eras of Real-World Data
with Dr. Sandeep Pawar
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In Episode 4, Dr. Sandeep Pawar, VP and General Manager of Life Sciences at Manifold, joins Kevin G. Libuit to break down how real-world data has evolved across three eras: from claims data, to clinical data from electronic health records, to today’s multimodal data spanning genomics, imaging, and wearables. He explains why the infrastructure for sharing and analyzing that data hasn’t kept pace.
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Episode 3
Fostering Biotech’s Next Generation
with Dr. Tshaka Cunningham
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In Episode 3, molecular biologist, biotech entrepreneur, and educator Dr. Tshaka Cunningham joins Kevin G. Libuit to explore how early exposure, mentorship, and hands-on training can help build the biotech workforce. He shares how his grandmother’s laboratory, his mother’s creativity, and his great-grandmother’s commitment to service shaped his life—and why seeing Black scientists in leadership helped him imagine his own path.
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Episode 2
AI Adoption in Public Health
with Dr. Luke Short
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In this episode, Dr. Luke Short, Director of the Dallas County Public Health Laboratory, joins Kevin G. Libuit to explore AI adoption in public health. From reviewing standard operating procedures to building spreadsheets and scripts that can be inspected and validated, Luke shares practical ways AI can support laboratory teams while keeping human judgment and accountability at the center.
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Episode 1
Pathogen Genomics, AI, and Biosecurity
with David Aanensen
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In this episode, David Aanensen shares his journey from neuroscience and web development to leading innovations in pathogen genomics and public health surveillance. We explore how technology, visualization, and AI are transforming infectious disease monitoring and the importance of data sovereignty.
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