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Olga Ornatsky

Olga Ornatsky is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Olga Ornatsky rather than just read about it. In short: Olga Ornatsky is a Soviet born, Canadian scientist. Ornatsky co-founded DVS Sciences in 2004 (acquired by Fluidigm in 2014 and then renamed to Standard BioTools in 2022) along with Dmitry Bandura, Vladimir Baranov and Scott D.

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Reference excerpt

Olga Ornatsky is a Soviet born, Canadian scientist. Ornatsky co-founded DVS Sciences in 2004 (acquired by Fluidigm in 2014 and then renamed to Standard BioTools in 2022) along with Dmitry Bandura, Vladimir Baranov and Scott D. Tanner.

Biography Ornatsky graduated from the Moscow State University, Department of Biology. In 1989, she completed her Ph.D. in cell and molecular biology, and worked as a research scientist at the Cardiology Centre studying vascular smooth muscle involvement in atherosclerosis. In 1993, she immigrated to Canada, and became a postdoctoral research fellow at York University. She quickly progressed to become senior research associate in the Laboratory of Vascular Biology and Cardiac Surgery at St. Michael's Hospital (Toronto). Her achievements brought her to MDS Proteomics Inc. (now Protana Inc), where she led her research group as a senior scientist for four years. In 2005, she left MDS to pursue a different direction. Together with the co-founders of DVS Sciences Inc. Scott D. Tanner, Vladimir Baranov and Dmitry Bandura, she helped develop the CyTOF™ Mass Cytometer, for highly multi-parametric single cell analysis at the Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto. Olga held the position of director of Bioassay Development at DVS Sciences, Inc. After the merger with Fluidigm Inc in 2014, she transitioned to principal scientist, Proteomics division, and led a group of biology and chemistry researchers involved in developing new metal-tagged affinity reagents, as well as methods and applications for Mass cytometry until her retirement in 2019.

Education M.Sc. in biology Moscow State University Ph.D. in cell and molecular biology Moscow State University- In 1989

Career Research scientist in cardiology at Moscow State University Postdoctoral research fellow at York University - 1993 Senior research associate, Laboratory of Vascular Biology and Cardiac Surgery at St. Michael's Hospital (Toronto) Senior scientist MDS Proteomics, Inc. - 2001- 2005 Research associate, Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering (IBBME), University of Toronto Principal scientist, biology DVS Sciences - 2005 - 2019 (acquired by Fluidigm in 2014 and then Standard BioTools in 2022)

Research Ornatsky has more than fifteen years of experience in the commercial environment as a senior strategic product application developer and in providing advanced customer/collaborator support. Her primary field of expertise is in cellular and molecular biology, with the objective of developing bioanalytical assays for mass cytometry(CyTOF). Olga is a principal inventor on several patents.

Awards and honors 2019 HUPO Award (Human Proteome Organization)

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Olga Ornatsky

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Olga Ornatsky claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In biology, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Olga Ornatsky before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Olga Ornatsky ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Olga Ornatsky

In research: Olga Ornatsky appears in biology research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Olga Ornatsky in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Olga Ornatsky is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 21st-century Canadian biologists, Canadian people of Russian descent, Canadian women scientists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Olga Ornatsky outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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