Nathan Reticker-Flynn, PhD

Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery (OHNS)

Bio

Nathan is a Biomedical Engineer and tumor immunologist working at the interfaces of cancer metastasis, tumor evolution, adaptive immunity, and immuno-oncology. His work employs mouse models and systems biology and genetic engineering to investigate interactions between tumors and the immune system during cancer metastasis. He performed his PhD work in Biomedical Engineering with Dr. Sangeeta Bhatia at MIT where he studied glycobiology and ECM interactions during cancer metastasis and his postdoctoral studies with Dr. Edgar Engleman at Stanford where he studied systemic immune responses during metastatic progression and in the context of immunotherapy.

Academic Appointments

Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery)
Member, Bio-X
Member, Maternal & Child Health Research Institute (MCHRI)
Member, Stanford Cancer Institute

Professional Education

Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Biomedical Engineering (2013)
M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mechanical Engineering (2008)
B.S., Tufts University, Mechanical Engineering (2006)

Current Research and Scholarly Interests

We employ animal models, synthetic biology, and systems approaches to build an understanding of the tolerance mechanisms and coevolutionary dynamics underpinning tumor-immune interactions during metastasis and use insights gleaned from these studies to develop novel technologies and engineered therapies for the treatment of metastatic disease and immunological disorders.

2024-25 Courses

Tumor Immunology
IMMUNOL 275 (Spr)

Independent Studies
- Directed Study
  BIOE 391 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Graduate Research
  IMMUNOL 399 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Out-of-Department Graduate Research
  BIO 300X (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Teaching in Immunology
  IMMUNOL 290 (Spr)

Stanford Advisees

Doctoral Dissertation Reader (AC)
Potchara Boonrat, Peter Du, Audre May, Jaclyn Ng, Colin Raposo, Oliver Takacsi-Nagy
Postdoctoral Faculty Sponsor
Arash Saeedi, Zhewen Xiong
Doctoral Dissertation Advisor (AC)
Cort Breuer, Norma Gutierrez, Marcos Labrado, George Wythes
Doctoral Dissertation Co-Advisor (AC)
Markus Diehl

Graduate and Fellowship Programs

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