Bridge Informatics

Bios

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  Dan Ryder, MPH, PhD

  CEO

  Dan is the founder and CEO of Bridge Informatics, a professional services firm helping life science companies translate genomic data into medicine. Unlike any other data analytics firm, Bridge forges sustainable communication change between their clients’ biological and computational scientists. Dan is particularly passionate about improving communication between people of different scientific backgrounds, enabling bioinformaticians and software engineers to succeed collectively. Before forming Bridge Informatics, Dan served in various roles helping pharma and biotech clients solve early-phase drug discovery and development challenges. Dan received both a PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and an MPH in Disease Control from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UT/MD Anderson). He completed his postdoctoral studies in Molecular Pathways of Energy Metabolism at the University of Florida College of Medicine. Dan received his undergraduate degree in Microbiology from the University of Texas at Austin. When Dan is not at his desk, he can be found in the kitchen cooking pies, pastries, and cookies. He has a major sweet tooth, so lately, he has dedicated his free time to perfecting baked good recipes of all kinds just in time for the holidays, including key lime pie, pumpkin pie, apple pie, and vanilla bean and browned butter Rice Krispie treats.

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  Haider M. Hassan PhD

  Data Scientist

  Haider is one of our premier data scientists. He provides bioinformatic services to clients, including high throughput sequencing, data pre-processing, analysis, and custom pipeline development. Drawing on his rich experience with a variety of high-throughput sequencing technologies, Haider analyzes transcriptional (spatial and single-cell), epigenetic, and genetic landscapes. Before joining Bridge informatics, Haider was a Postdoctoral Associate at the London Regional Cancer Centre in Ontario, Canada. During his postdoc, he investigated the epigenetics of late-onset liver cancer using murine and human models. Haider holds a Ph.D. in biochemistry from Western University, where he studied the molecular mechanisms behind oncogenesis. Haider still lives in Ontario and enjoys spending his spare time visiting local parks.

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  Murtaza Nipplewala

  Cloud Engineer

  In his role as Cloud Engineer, Murtaza Nipplewala specializes in helping clients protect and store their data in a readily accessible manner. In addition, he fosters highly collaborative and dynamic research environments to accommodate our clients’ fast pace of innovation. A Computer Scientist by training, Murtaza plans, implements, tests, releases, and maintains cloud-based and hybrid data infrastructure projects with service-oriented architecture. Born and raised in Mumbai, India, Murtaza moved to the U.S. to study Software Development and Big Data Analysis at Worcester State University. He graduated Summa Cum Laude with a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science. Currently located in Boston, Massachusetts, Murtaza enjoys various local competitive activities, including bowling and pool.

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  Seb Battaglia

  Sr Data Scientist

  Seb is a veteran computational biologist with more than ten years of experience and one of our senior Data Scientists. Seb uses profound biology and modern bioinformatics knowledge to solve complex problems for Bridge’s clients. He enjoys working on single-cell or bulk multidimensional datasets related to health and disease. Seb places a particular focus on understanding the relationship between the immune system and disease. Seb’s primary role is to provide bioinformatics services to small biotech startups and large pharmaceutical companies. In addition, he acts as an advisor offering training, coaching, and mentorship to the wider Bridge Informatics team. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor of Oncology at a National Cancer Institute (NCI) Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, where he runs an Immunotherapy and Immunogenomics lab studying the relationship between prostate cancer and the immune system. Before joining Bridge, Seb worked in both wet and dry laboratories. He holds a Ph.D. in Cancer Biology, a BSc/MSc in Medical Biotechnology, and an MS in Bioinformatics. Seb was born and Italy and currently lives in West New York. He spends his spare time training for endurance events and practicing martial arts.