Ryan N. Ptashkin

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DISC Type : cs

Associate Director, Bioinformatics at Natera

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Overview

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.

Personality Overview

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.

Topics They Care 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.
Computational Biology
Managed and directed computational biology teams at Memorial Sloan Kettering, focusing on cancer genomics and bioinformatics.

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Work History

5-2024
Associate Director, Bioinformatics at Natera
8-2022 - 2-2024
Director, New Technology at C2i Genomics
5-2022 - 9-2022
Associate Director, Bioinformatics & Computational Biology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
5-2021 - 5-2022
Manager, Computational Biology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
5-2019 - 5-2021
Senior Computational Biologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Education

Master of Science (M.S.) from University of Michigan
B.S. Medical Microbiology and Immunology from University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Exp : 18 Location : Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Job Level : Mid-senior Designation : Associate Director, Bioinformatics at Natera
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