This is an excerpt from Crashing Excel to Curing Cancer — How AI and Open Science Are Rewiring Drug Discovery(Part 1/6). In this episode, host René Bastón, Venture Partner at Covenant Venture Capital, sits down with Tommy Tang, Director of Bioinformatics at AstraZeneca. Tommy talks about the culture shock he experienced as an international student, his shift from wet-lab research to computational biology, and how he self-taught programming in Unix, Python, and R. He also highlights how AI and bioinformatics are revolutionizing cancer drug discovery and stresses the importance of open science in accelerating research. Tune in for valuable insights on: Overcoming challenges in data science Embracing AI in healthcare Leveraging technology to revolutionize healthcare You can connect with our host, René Bastón, on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/renebaston/ And our guest, Tommy Tang, on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/🎯-ming-tommy-tang-40650014/ For more information on any of the topics discussed, visit the Hill Research Podcast at https://www.hillresearch.ai/podcast.