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Ignaty Leshchiner is an Assistant Professor at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, specializing in Computational Biomedicine. His research interests focus on the application of new genomic technologies in blood biopsies, long-range read phasing, and single-cell sequencing analysis to better understand the biology of tumor development, treatment evasion, and progression metastasis. He has a solid background in developing statistical methods for the analysis of genomics data and their application in understanding disease biology and finding treatments for various conditions. Prior to his current role, Dr. Leshchiner served as the associate director of Computational Biology at the Cancer Resistance Department of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and worked as a bioinformatician in the genetics division at Brigham Women’s Hospital. Notably, he was part of a team that won the CLARITY Challenge in 2012. Dr. Leshchiner completed his Ph.D. in Chemistry at Moscow State University and engaged in postdoctoral training in bioinformatics and computational biology at Harvard Medical School. His profile encompasses various grants and projects focused on utilizing genomic insights to advance cancer diagnosis and treatment.
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard • Cambridge, MA
Oversaw Computational Biology initiatives focused on cancer resistance.
Brigham Women’s Hospital • Boston, MA
Worked in the Genetics Division contributing to various genomic projects.
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