Ryan Van Laar

Current

• Bioinformatics Scientist at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

Past

• Senior Bioinformatician at Agendia BV
• Research Assistant at The Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
• Research & Communications Assistant at CSIRO Animal Health

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Education

• University of Melbourne
• University of Melbourne
• Deakin University

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Connections

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Industry

Pharmaceuticals

Websites

• My Company
• My Portfolio

Ryan Van Laar’s Summary

In brief, I am a bioinformatician interested in oncology and personalized medicine, a relatively new field that involves biology, medicine, statistics and information technology.

I enjoy clinically-driven research and working in multi-disciplinary groups. Currently I am working at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals in Tarrytown, NY and live in New York City.

See: www.ryanvanlaar.com/work for a list of publications and other details about my work & interests.

Ryan Van Laar’s Specialties:

Microarray gene expression analysis, clinical statistics, diagnostic assay development & validation, biostatistics, identification of novel therapeutic targets, database & GUI development, visual basic, Rosetta Resolver, scientific communication, marketing & presentation.

Ryan Van Laar’s Experience

• Bioinformatics Scientist

  Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

  (Public Company; REGN; Biotechnology industry)

  May 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

  - Gene expression analysis for high throughput oncology and angiogenesis projects.
  
  - Identification of novel therapeutic targets via multi tissue expression profiling.
  
  - Modeling & predicting toxicity, tissue recovery & dose response data for novel therapeutics.
  
  - Using BRB Arraytools, R, Bioconductor, Genespring & various statistical packages.
  
  - Assisting with manuscript & presentation preparation.
  
  - Consulting on experimental design, analytical approaches, biostatistics and technology development.

• Senior Bioinformatician

  Agendia BV

  (Privately Held; Biotechnology industry)

  July 2005 — May 2008 (2 years 11 months)

  Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  
  Development of novel diagnostic assays for cancer prognosis using custom gene expression microarrays & machine learning algorithms.
  
  Bioinformatics, biostatistics, database development and programming. Quality control and laboratory automation. Process documentation, assistance with regulatory affairs.

• Research Assistant

  The Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

  (Hospital & Health Care industry)

  January 1999 — May 2005 (6 years 5 months)

  Melbourne, Australia
  
  2 years as Pathology Department Research Assistant, 3 years in general Research Department (Bioinformatics support).
  
  - Microarray analysis, database & web development
  
  - Tissue culture, PCR, CGH

• Research & Communications Assistant

  CSIRO Animal Health

  (Research industry)

  January 1992 — April 1995 (3 years 4 months)

  Geelong, Australia
  
  Initially part time assistant / work experience with the Communication Dept, later I expanded into part time research assistant role in the Immunology lab and worked on a range of projects, including characterization of the Hendra virus attachment protein.

Ryan Van Laar’s Education

• University of Melbourne

  Postgraduate Certificate , Biostatistics , 2006 — 2009

  Distance education based Postgraduate course coordinated by the Biostastics Consortium of Australia. http://www.bca.edu.au

• University of Melbourne

  PhD , Biotechnology, Molecular Oncology , 2003 — 2007

  Funded by Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) scholarship.

  Activities and Societies:

  PhD studies carried out in association with and primarily based: at The Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia.

• Deakin University

  BSc (Hons) , Biotechnology , 1995 — 1999

  http://www.deakin.edu.au/BioDeakin/

  Activities and Societies:

  - Friends of Deakin award for highest Tertiary Entry Score of first year students
  - Golden Key National Honours Society Membership
  - 1st Class Honours (H1)

Additional Information

Ryan Van Laar’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Portfolio

Ryan Van Laar’s Honors:

Phd:
- Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) scholarship,
- AstraZenica Travelling Scholar Award.

Undergrad:
- Friends of Deakin Award for highest course entry score,
- Golden Key National Honours Society, First Class Honours degree (H1)

Secondary School:
- 2nd to Dux (Tertiary entry score: 95.35%),
- School Prize for Year 12 English,
- Highest possible grade for Mathmatics (50/50)

Ryan Van Laar’s Contact Settings

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