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Ryan N. Ptashkin

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Associate Director, Bioinformatics at Natera
📍 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Ryan N. Ptashkin is the Associate Director of Bioinformatics at Natera, specializing in precision oncology, whole-genome sequencing (WGS), and circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA). His career includes extensive experience in computational biology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and C2i Genomics. He earned a Master of Science from the University of Michigan.

Outside of his primary roles, Ryan maintains a strong connection to the academic community, showing interest in both the University of Michigan and the University of Chicago. He is focused on building strong, innovative teams to tackle challenges in cancer monitoring and genomics.

He has contributed to numerous publications on the genomic profiling of hematologic malignancies and cancer therapys effects on clonal hematopoiesis.

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Experience
18 Years
Current Role
Associate Director, Bioinformatics
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Personality Overview

How Ryan shows up

Tough To Convince
Status Quo Seeker
Late Adopter

They tend to have clarity about their needs and constraints, and are unlikely to over-promise. They are thorough and always follow a systematic approach. They do not like taking risks at all and go for proven options in the end.

Priorities

Topics Ryan cares about

Cancer Recurrence Monitoring
Actively hiring bioinformatics scientists at Natera to build innovative solutions for cancer recurrence monitoring using ctDNA.
Precision Oncology
His work and expertise center on using genomic data to guide cancer treatment, a theme consistent across his roles at MSKCC, C2i Genomics, and Natera.
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Career

Work history

5-2024
Associate Director, Bioinformatics
Natera
8-2022 - 2-2024
Director, New Technology
C2i Genomics
5-2022 - 9-2022
Associate Director, Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
5-2021 - 5-2022
Manager, Computational Biology
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
5-2019 - 5-2021
Senior Computational Biologist
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
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Education
Master of Science (M.S.)
University of Michigan
B.S. Medical Microbiology and Immunology
University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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