Howy Jacobs

Professor of Molecular Biology, Academy Professor (from 1 August 2006)

Tel: +358 3 3551 7731
Mobile: +358 50 341 2894
Fax: +358 3 3551 7710
E-mail: howard.t.jacobs (at) uta.fi

Born 1955, London – PhD, Glasgow 1977-1980 – Postdoc, Caltech 1981-1983 – Royal Society Research Fellow, Glasgow 1984-1993 – Reader in Genetics, Glasgow 1994-1995, Professor of Molecular Biology, IMT Tampere 1996 –

Projects:

• Replication and expression of mitochondrial DNA
• Mitochondrial DNA in ageing, infertility and deafness
• Models of mitochondrial disease
  

Other info and links:

• EMBO member
• Coordinator of EU MitEURO and MitAGE projects
• Descartes Prize 2004 (MBAD grouping)
• EUMITOCOMBAT integrated project participant
• Council member, Finnish Genetics Society
• Former Honorary Secretary, UK Genetics Society