Jessie Jacobsen
NationalityNew Zealand
CitizenshipNew Zealand
Alma materUniversity of Auckland
Known forResearch into Huntington's disease. Research into genetic diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder.
AwardsYoung Scientist of the Year 2007
Scientific career
FieldsNeurogenetics
Doctoral advisorProfessor Russell Snell, head of the Molecular Genetics research group

Jessie Jacobsen is a senior lecturer in biological sciences at the University of Auckland. In 2007 she won MacDiarmid Young Scientist of the Year. Her research field is neurogenetics.

Career

Jacobsen's research areas include the 'genetic basis of autism spectrum disorder'. She investigates neurodevelopmental disorders in the New Zealand population.[1]

She graduated from the University of Auckland with a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Science.[2]

The following nine years she dedicated to research on Huntington's disease that started with a PhD at the University of Auckland and followed with receiving a substantial funding through fellowships.[2][3] In 2007 she was awarded the MacDiarmid Young Scientist of the Year Award for Huntington’s disease research, and nominated for New Zealander of the Year.[2][4] The following year she received the Philip Wrightson Fellowship (Neurological Foundation). Her university awarded her Young Alumna of the Year in 2010.[2]

Jacobsen received a Neurological Foundation of New Zealand Postdoctoral Fellowship to study at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School,[1] and worked in the Harvard’s Centre for Human Genetic Research laboratory of Professor Marcy MacDonald,[2] developing her interest in complex genetic disorders leading to her research in 'autistic traits and their relationship to genetics'.[5][6]

In 2012 a NZ$100,000 repatriation fellowship from the Neurological Foundation was granted to Jacobsen,[5] followed by the Rutherford Discovery Fellowship (lead researcher) 'to establish a genetic research paradigm focused on uncovering underlying genetic causes of ASD in the New Zealand population' from 2013 to 2018.[7]

Jacobsen is a founder of the Minds for Minds Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Network[6] which is a New Zealand charitable trust. Researchers include Jacobsen, Professor Russell Snell who was also her PhD supervisor, Doctor Mike Taylor, Doctor Rosamund Hill, Associate Professor Klaus Lehnert, Doctor Javier Virues-Ortega, Professor Suzanne Purdy, Associate Professor Johanna Montgomery, Associate Professor Karen Waldie, Professor Ian Kirk, and Liz Fairgray (Senior Tutor in Speech Science at the University of Auckland).[8] In 2018 former government minister Steven Joyce became their patron.[9]

Selected bibliography

  • Whitford, W., Lehnert, K., Snell, R. G., & Jacobsen, J. C. (2019). RBV: Read balance validator, a tool for prioritising copy number variations in germline conditions. Scientific reports, 9 (1)10.1038/s41598-019-53181-7
  • Helbig, K. L., Lauerer, R. J., Bahr, J. C., Souza, I. A., Myers, C. T., Uysal, B., ... Keren, B. (2019). De Novo Pathogenic Variants in CACNA1E Cause Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathy with Contractures, Macrocephaly, and Dyskinesias. American journal of human genetics, 104 (3)10.1016/j.ajhg.2019.02.015
  • Robertson, S. P., Hindmarsh, J. H., Berry, S., Cameron, V. A., Cox, M. P., Dewes, O., ... Laurence, A. (2018). Genomic medicine must reduce, not compound, health inequities: the case for hauora-enhancing genomic resources for New Zealand. The New Zealand medical journal, 131 (1480), 81-89.

References

  1. 1 2 "Dr Jessie Jacobsen | Our Researchers". Cure Kids. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Neurological Foundation Awards Over $1M in Dec 2010". Scoop News. 20 December 2010. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  3. ↑ Patrick, Stephen Allan (October 1981). "NEW DOCS IN SUDOCS—ARTISTICALLY SPEAKING". ARLIS/NA Newsletter. 9 (5): 203–205. doi:10.1086/arlisnanews.9.5.27946607. ISSN 0090-3515.
  4. ↑ Masters, Catherine (15 December 2007). "Jessie Jacobsen: Scientific achiever". NZ Herald. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  5. 1 2 "Awards". Centre for Brain Research. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  6. 1 2 "Applied Translational Genetics Group - The University of Auckland". www.fmhs.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  7. ↑ "Jessie Jacobsen". ORCID. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  8. ↑ "Our Team". Minds for Minds.
  9. ↑ "Steven Joyce becomes patron for Minds for Minds Trust". New Zealand Doctor. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
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