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A Journey into the Cloud for Science: Lessons Learned from Salk’s Cloud Acceleration Program for Biology

John Conklin

Senior Research Cloud Architect and Engineer

May 19, 2026

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Year 1 Biology Enabled by Cloud Computing

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Community Codes Developed to Support Salk Science

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S A L K I N S T I T U T E F O R B I O L O G I C A L S T U D I E S

THANK YOU!

Bryan Nielsen

Senior Research Cloud Architect

bryan@salk.edu

John Conklin

Senior Research Cloud Architect

jconklin@salk.edu

Jerry Sheehan

CIO

jsheehan@salk.edu