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Jacob Best

Student NameJacob Best
Faculty Mentor Rui Xiao
CollegeCollege of Medicine
MajorBiology-Biotechnology
MinorBioinformatics
Research InterestsMechanisms of Oncogenesis
Academic AwardsMarion County Student Soft Skills Committee 2018
Florida Bright Academic Scholars Award 2019
USP 2020
OrganizationsN/A
Hobbies and InterestsTutoring
Running
Weightlifting

Research Project

Mechanisms of longevity regulation of C. elegans

We are seeking to find which genes are most strongly associated with aging in the nematode C. elegans using RNAi gene silencing techniques to determine each gene’s effect on longevity. Since C. elegans is a eukaryote, these findings may be extendable to other eukaryotes like mice and even, humans.