Ryan C. Thompson
Contact Address: 8656 Via Mallorca
Unit G
La Jolla, CA 92037
Phone: (908) 922-7470
rct@thompsonclan.org
Website: https://github.com/DarwinAwardWinner
Summary
Education
The Scripps Research Institute

Ph. D. in Bioinformatics, expected June 2017
University of Virginia

B.S. in Biology, B.A. in Mathematics, 2009
Echols Scholar
Research Experience
Salomon Lab, The Scripps Research Institute La Jolla, CA   2012 - 2017
Contact:
Dr. Andrew Su, asu@scripps.edu
Summer Internship, Informatics IT, Merck & Co. Boston, MA   2011
Contact:
Adnan Derti, adnan.derti@gmail.com
Gaasterland Lab, UCSD Bioinformatcs La Jolla, CA   2010 - 2012
Contact:
Terry Gaasterland, gaasterland@ucsd.edu
Timko Lab, U. of Virginia BiologyCharlottesville, VA   2007 - 2009
Contact:
Paul J. Rushton, Paul.Rushton@sdstate.edu
Skills
Computing Skills
R/BioConductor, Python, Perl, Lisp, Java, C#, C++; Git version control; Remote UNIX system administration & software compilation, computing cluster job management & parallel computation
Public code:
https://github.com/DarwinAwardWinner
StackOverflow Profile: http://stackoverflow.com/users/125921
Statistics & Data Analysis
Multi-omics NGS & microarray analysis, multi-factor linear and generalized linear regression, experimental design and parametrization, empirical Bayesian methods, predictive modeling of clinical outcomes, machine learning classifier training & validation, survival analysis, data visualization & presentation, reproducible research practices
Wet Lab:
PCR, molecular cloning, recombinant protein purification, epitope mapping, site-directed mutagenesis, 2D gels, real-time PCR, and associated data analysis
Languages:
English: native speaker; German: written and spoken
Other Work Experience
Computing Advisor & Help Desk, U. Va. IT Dept. Charlottesville, VA    2005 - 2007
Summer Sailing Instructor, Raritan Yacht Club Perth Amboy, NJ    2006 - 2009

References

Ryan C. Thompson and Rushton, Paul J. and Laudeman, Tom W. and Timko, Michael P., "http://darwinawardwinner.github.io/resume/examples/UVa/contigfarmer.pdfContig Farmer: a tool for extracting maxima…" (2009).
Kurian, Sunil and Velazquez, Enrique and Ryan Thompson and Whisenant, Thomas and Rose, Stanley and Riley, Nicole and H…, "Orthogonal Comparison of Molecular Signatures of Kidney Transplants with Subclinical and Clinical Acute Rejection -- Equivalent…", American Journal of Transplantation (2017).
Ryan C. Thompson and Gelbart, Terri and Head, Steven R. and Ordoukhanian, Phillip and Mullen, Courtney and Han, Dong…, "Optimizing yield of deep RNA sequencing for gene expression profiling of peripheral blood samples from cynomolgus monkeys (…", Journal of Biological Methods (in review) (2016).
Kurian, SM and Williams, AN and Gelbart, T and Campbell, D and Mondala, TS and Head, SR and Horvath, S and Gaber, L and …, "Molecular Classifiers for Acute Kidney Transplant Rejection in Peripheral Blood by Whole Genome Gene Expression Profiling", American Journal of Transplantation (2014), 1164--1172.
LaMere, Sarah and Ryan C. Thompson and Komori, H. Kiyomi and Mark, Adam and Salomon, Daniel R., "Promoter H3K4 methylation dynamically reinforces activation-induced pathways in human CD4 T cells", Genes & Immunity (2016).
LaMere, Sarah and Ryan C. Thompson and Meng, Xiangzhi and Komori, H. Kiyomi and Mark, A. and Salomon, Daniel R., "H3K27 methylation dynamics during CD4 T cell activation: regulation of JAK/STAT and IL12RB2 expression by JMJD3", Journal of Immunology (in review) (2017).
Ryan C. Thompson, "http://darwinawardwinner.github.io/resume/examples/UVa/math-history-paper.pdfThe sources and limits of geometric rigor…" (2008).
Rangaraju, Sunitha and Solis, Gregory M and Ryan C Thompson and Gomez-Amaro, Rafael L and Kurian, Leo and Encalada, …, "Suppression of transcriptional drift extends C. elegans lifespan by postponing the onset of mortality", eLife (2015).
Scott, Erick R. and Larman, H. Benjamin and Torkamani, Ali and Schork, Nicholas J. and Wineinger, Nathan and Nanis, Max and ͡…, "RASLseqTools: open-source methods for designing and analyzing RNA-mediated oligonucleotide Annealing, Selection, and, Liga…", Nucleic Acids Research (in review) (2016).
Van Nieuwerburgh, Filip and Ryan C. Thompson and Ledesma, Jessica and Deforce, Dieter and Gaasterland, Terry and O…, "Illumina Mate-Paired DNA Sequencing Library Preparation Using Cre-Lox Recombination", Nucleic Acids Research (2011), gkr1000.