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| STUDENT BIOGRAPHY |
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| Mark Jacobson |
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| Originally from Iowa, I have been living and working in New York City for the past few years. In 2008 I decided to go back to school and started working on a Master's in Biotechnology at Columbia as a part-time student while working full-time. I found the coursework to be so interesting that I wanted to continue my graduate studies in a PhD program. I left my job in healthcare communications this summer to work on the research component for my Master's program at a biotechnology company developing novel cancer therapeutics. As an undergraduate I conducted research projects on the development of neural progenitor cells and the role of the hypothalamus in obesity.
Currently, my general research interests include cancer biology and cancer stem cells, neurodegenerative diseases, stem cells, and iPS cells. In other words, I am interested in conducting research that has the potential to further our understanding of human diseases and that can lead to the identification and development of novel therapies for those diseases.
In my free time I am learning to dance tango and to play the banjo and cello. I also volunteer at the Museum of Natural History as a docent in the halls of Planet Earth, the Universe, Meteorites, and Gems and Minerals. One of my favorite things to do is explore the city through it's restaurants.
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