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Genomics in the Azure Cloud: Scaling Your Bioinformatics Workloads Using Enterprise-Grade Solutions

Genomics in the Azure Cloud: Scaling Your Bioinformatics Workloads Using Enterprise-Grade Solutions

This book showcases best practices for architecting cloud solutions for genomics in Azure.

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Colby T. Ford, Ph.D.

Tips for Succeeding in the Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub Program

If you’re a startup company who is looking to get started on the Azure cloud, the Microsoft for Startups program offers lots of benefits…

7 min readApr 16, 2024

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Tips for Succeeding in the Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub Program

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Colby T. Ford, Ph.D.

Simple Syncing Between Azure Data Lake and Synology NAS

If we use both a cloud-based data lake and a local NAS, how do we keep certain things in sync between these storage locations?

7 min readFeb 13, 2024

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Simple Syncing Between Azure Data Lake and Synology NAS

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Transfer Sequencing Data from Lab Vendors using sFTP and Azure Synapse Pipelines

If you work at a pharma or biotech company or in biological research in general, it’s common to outsource various lab activities to…

8 min readJan 22, 2024

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Transfer Sequencing Data from Lab Vendors using sFTP and Azure Synapse Pipelines

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Colby T. Ford, Ph.D.

2023: A Biotech Year-End Review

Well, 2023 was a roller coaster to say the least. Aside from the obvious set of world events (both good and bad), ChatGPT, and other things…

5 min readDec 31, 2023

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2023: A Biotech Year-End Review

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Colby T. Ford, Ph.D.

5 Exciting Azure Announcements from Microsoft Ignite 2023

Earlier this week, Microsoft hosted their Ignite 2023 event in Seattle, Washington. It was a packed event, both people-wise and in the…

6 min readNov 17, 2023

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5 Exciting Azure Announcements from Microsoft Ignite 2023

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Colby T. Ford, Ph.D.

Exploring AI-Based Protein Sequence Generation with EvoDiff from Microsoft Research

EvoDiff is a new, state-of-the-art protein sequence generation system from Microsoft Research. How well does it work?

6 min readOct 6, 2023

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Exploring AI-Based Protein Sequence Generation with EvoDiff from Microsoft Research

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Colby T. Ford, Ph.D.

GPT on my Genome: Building a QnA System for Genomic Variants with Azure OpenAI

Can we ask Azure OpenAI’s ChatGPT some questions about my genome by having it read VCF data?

12 min readSep 25, 2023

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GPT on my Genome: Building a QnA System for Genomic Variants with Azure OpenAI

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Colby T. Ford, Ph.D.

4 Tips for Qualifying your Azure Data Lake for GxP use in the Life Sciences

Recently, I had the “pleasure” of working through the qualification process for a genomics data lake at a pharma company. In this data…

6 min readAug 23, 2023

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4 Tips for Qualifying your Azure Data Lake for GxP use in the Life Sciences

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Colby T. Ford, Ph.D.

Predicting the molecular interactions of lecanemab, the new FDA-approved monoclonal antibody for…

Last week, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved lecanemab for the treatment of early Alzheimer’s Disease. This drug, marketed…

5 min readJul 10, 2023

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Predicting the molecular interactions of lecanemab, the new FDA-approved monoclonal antibody for…

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Colby T. Ford, Ph.D.

The Future of Manufacturing is Bio: Things I Learned in the Millyard

Last week, I had to honor of attending and presenting at the Advanced Regenerative Medicine Institute’s “Meeting in the Millyard” in…

7 min readJun 16, 2023

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The Future of Manufacturing is Bio: Things I Learned in the Millyard

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Colby T. Ford, Ph.D.

Colby T. Ford, Ph.D.

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Cloud genomics and AI guy and aspiring polymath. I am a recovering academic from machine learning and bioinformatics and I sometimes write things here.

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