Tyler Jacks
Director
Integrative Cancer Research
THERMOFISHER SCIENTIST
Russian Federation
Biography
Dr. Tyler Jacks is the Director of MIT’s Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research and the David H. Koch Professor of Biology at MIT. He has pioneered the use of gene-targeting technology in the mouse to study cancer-associated genes and to construct mouse models of many human cancer types, including cancers of the lung, brain and ovary. His lab has made seminal contributions to the understanding of the effects of mutations of several common cancer-associated genes. This research has led to novel insights into tumor development, normal development and other cellular processes, as well as new strategies for cancer detection and treatment.
Research Interest
Biology Cancer Research
