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Bio-IT Best In Show Awards Commentary

Originally published in Bio-IT World 7/22/2026

Receiving a Bio-IT World Best of Show Award for OmicsHQ was a tremendous honor. More importantly, it...

Same Problem, Different Teams. What I Heard at BioIT 2026

I spent three days at BioIT World in Boston a few weeks ago. As I spoke with data scientists, computational biologists, and research leaders, a...

Onboarding Your AI: Why Agents Need Ontologies Like Employees Need Training

I saw this posted recently on Reddit. It's an AI-generated poster spotted in a London restaurant. At first glance it looks fine, but upon closer...

Beyond Data Curation: Making Implicit Knowledge Explicit

Rancho BioSciences started life as a data curation company. Thirteen years on, we've grown into data science, engineering, and consulting, but we...

The 'O' word

Not so long ago, there was a period where we quietly stopped using the word "ontology" in sales conversations for fear it would scare people off....

Rethinking AI-Ready Data: From Bottleneck to Breakthrough [September 15, 2025]

So, You’re Building Your Next AI Model—This Time, for Real

You’ve got the use case. The team is excited. The architecture is solid. This model is...

Raw Data vs. Curated Data in Life Sciences: Why the Distinction Matters and the Future of AI in Generating Reliable Data Insights

In the realm of life sciences, data plays a crucial role in advancing research, developing therapeutics, and ensuring regulatory compliance. However,...